Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

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Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
By Katrina (AppleTini)

Meet Alexandra Scott, daughter of Liz and Jay Scott, born in 1996; this year, Alex would be fourteen years old. When Alex was less than a year old, she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer. Though Alex's parents were told she'd never be able to walk, she fought this prediction and slowly but surely learned to walk with leg braces by the age of two, and continued to work until she was able to walk without support. The following year, when the doctors informed the family that the tumors were once again growing, Alex's family was disappointed, but they neither stopped fighting nor hoping. Alex, upon getting out of the hospital, decided she wanted to start selling lemonade to fight childhood cancer. The first year, she raised $2,000! Each year, she would again raise money for cancer research. Alex passed away at the age of eight, at which point over one million dollars had been donated to cancer research as a result of what she started, and her legacy is still growing and living in the form of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.

What's special about Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation? The more relevant question may be 'what about Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation ISN'T special?' This dream was started by a four-year-old wishing to raise money to help other children; nothing seems more remarkable! In addition to donating money to cancer research, this organization also donates money to making sure that young cancer patients have adequate and happy stays at hospitals. It provides countless resources for families of children fighting cancer, and again, it all started with a four-year-old, showing us that anyone can make a difference!