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Meet Lily. She is in 2nd grade, lives in Bloomington, IN, loves the color pink, and is big sister to 21 month old brother Ian, who was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney failure and hydrophenosis. Ian needs a kidney transplant. As any big sister would do, Lily asked, “How can I help.” They had been [...]

Lisa Holthouse is our guest blogger today. Lisa maybe co-founder of Prepared 4 Life and Lemonade Day, but her greatest and most treasured pursuit is that of motherhood and wife! Her husband and co-founder, Michael is a successful businessman, investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist with whom she has a blended family of four beautiful children. This [...]

This is a guest blog post from Chris Bailey, Founder and Principal of inspectiv, a customer experience consultancy. Chris’s daughters participated in Austin’s Lemonade Day on May 6th. Going through the experience with his daughters, he learned a lesson that many parent’s struggle with – how to help and guide your child to success without [...]

Chicken Soup for the Soul? We have Lemonade for Pinterest! But we need your stories for the next chapter. 150,000 kids registered for Lemonade Day this year so we should have great stories – whether you’re a parent, participant, thirsty lemonade stand patron or super fan, we want your story. All you have to do [...]

This is a guest post from Nora Hutto,  the Dean of the School of Education at University of St. Thomas. Hutto is highly accomplished and well-known as an outstanding leader in K-12 and university education. The UST School of Education offers a comprehensive teacher preparation program that provides relevant, field-based experience for the development of [...]

This weekend is National Lemonade Day! Hundreds of thousands of kids will all open for business across the country*. These aren’t your average lemonade stands. These kids have made business plans, secured investors, gone beyond the driveway for their location, learned about capital expenses and consumables, and have big goals to spend, save and share [...]

Last Saturday, CityCentre hosted 50 stands of eager Lemonade Day participants all vying for the title Best Tasting lemonade in all of Houston. It was left up to 15 judges from chefs to CEOs to make the call. And it was no easy job. They spent hours carefully tasting everyone’s recipes, talking to the kids [...]

Over 150,000 kids are registered in 36 cities to participate in this year’s Lemonade Day! Are you thirsty, yet? On Lemonade Day, everyone has a job – you are either selling lemonade or buying lemonade. We’ve made it easy to find a stand near you! Each yellow marker represents a child’s stand that has pinned [...]

Celebrate Lemonade Day all week with our friends at Pappasito’s, Crave Cupcakes & One Green Street! Can’t wait til Sunday to support Lemonade Day? Have no fear! These wonderful businesses give you a way to shop, eat & drink your support. Now through Sunday, May 6th get a glass of lemonade at Pappasito’s and they’ll [...]

April is Autism Awareness Month to highlight the growing need for concern and awareness about autism. According to the Autism Speaks website, “Autism prevalence is now one in every 88 children in America; that’s a ten-fold increase in prevalence over the last 40 years. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, [...]