Has anyone ever heard of National Lemonade Day? Well, national lemonade day is coming up on Sunday, May 1. It teaches kids about money. They set up their lemonade stand and work. Ideally, the kids should donate a portion of their profits and keep some for their hard work. But it is up to each child and their parents what they do with their profits. I'm buying Cameron an adorable lemonade stand for him to start his little business. At least if we start early, we will get to use our stand for a few years.
A friend that I worked with at Starbucks now runs the boys and girls club in Whitestown/Zionsville. She is having an indoor garage sale on April 30 where people rent a booth for $20 to sell their stuff. She did this last year at the end of the summer and there was a good amount of traffic. I think Cameron will set up his stand at the sale. I haven't decided yet where we will set up our stand on Sunday, May 1, but I was thinking of maybe at our church, Target or a park. We will see. But we will definitely be doing it all weekend.
Cameron knows all about it and I gave him a choice as to what to do with his money. He decided to give his money to helping sick kids. We are going to buy pillow pets for kids at Riley. Recently there was a story on the news that there is a little boy that is a patient there and one of his wishes was that every patient should have a pillow pet.
This is new to us, so this year will be a practice run, but we would love our stand to be a success! I think it could be a lot of fun! Even though Cameron is only 3, he understands. I told him it's like me making coffee at work but he's going to make lemonade and people will give him money. If you ask him what he is going to do with his money, he says that he is going to help the sick kids.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/27052979/detail.html
http://www.lemonadeday.org/home
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