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PatchCast: This Palm Harbor Resident Shows Us How to Make Lemonade With a Hand Full of Lemons
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A 7-year-old boy, Harrison Godwin, spent this past Saturday at the Fishhawk community garage sale selling lemonade and cupcakes to help raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
If you have yet to hear about Alex’s Lemonade Stand, it’s a fund that helps raise money for children with cancer. It was started by Alexandra “Alex” Scott who was battling with cancer herself. In 2000, 4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer. Since Alex held that first stand, the foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement, complete with thousands of volunteers across the country carrying on her legacy of hope.
To date, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 charity, has raised more than $40 million toward fulfilling Alex’s dream of finding a cure, funding more than 150 research projects nationally.
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Harrison was tasked last month by his gifted teacher to come up with a project to help support a charity or the community. The goal was to help the kids learn that giving back can be fun. He knew he wanted to sell lemonade and his mom remembered hearing about Alex’s Lemonade stand.
According to Kristen Godwin, Harrison’s mom, “We had done a lemonade stand at a garage sale we had at our house in Palm Harbor. It was nothing compared to the one here in Fishhawk.”
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Alex’s Lemonade Stand is now able to help kids like Harrison raise funds through online giving as well.
“As of this morning, we had about $280 in online giving," said Godwin.
The stand in Fishhawk was proving successful as well. Harrison was asking patrons to donate a $1 per lemonade or whatever they felt moved to give.
“This is Harrison’s first year in the gifted program,” mentioned Godwin, “But they have been doing these programs for the past few years in Palm Harbor.”
There was a constant flow of traffic coming through while visiting with Harrison, and he spoke to everyone letting them know what he was doing. His energy was infectious as shoppers stopped to help the cause and purchase the tasty treat.
The energetic second-grader was excited about the publicity.
“I’m going to be on the Internet. I can’t wait to tell my friends," he said.
The project is going on until the end of May. If you would like to help Harrison and support a worthy cause, you can visit http://www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/71077 to donate.
