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Community Independent School of Chatham County hosts Alex's Lemonade Stand
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-- Shortly before her first birthday, Alexandra "Alex" Scott was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer. In the year 2000, when Alex was just four years old, she told her parents she wanted to have a lemonade stand in her front yard. She surprised everyone when she announced her plan - to donate the money from her stand to "her hospital" to help the doctors find a cure for all kids with cancer.
Oct. 11, 2005
Community Independent School of Chatham County hosts Alex's Lemonade Stand
Fighting Childhood Cancer, One Cup at a Time
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-- Shortly before her first birthday, Alexandra "Alex" Scott was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer. In the year 2000, when Alex was just four years old, she told her parents she wanted to have a lemonade stand in her front yard. She surprised everyone when she announced her plan - to donate the money from her stand to "her hospital" to help the doctors find a cure for all kids with cancer.
Even though Alex continued to bravely battle her own cancer, she also continued to hold yearly lemonade stands in her front yard to benefit childhood cancer research. News of Alex, a sick child, helping other sick children spread far and wide. People from all over the world were inspired by her story and decided to help Alex in her quest to find a cure by holding their own lemonade stands and donating the money to Alex's Lemonade Stand. In August 2004, Alex passed away at the age of 8, knowing that, with the help of others, she had raised over $1 million to help find a cure for all kids with cancer.
On Saturday, Oct. 22, the Community Independent School will bring Alex's Lemonade stand to the Triangle at Lowe's Food Stores on 15-501 S. at Chatham Crossing Shopping Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds will support pediatric cancer research at the N.C. Children's Hospital.
N.C. Children's Hospital provides care for children from all 100 counties of North Carolina, regardless of ability to pay, in a facility that offers complete inpatient and outpatient care in one location. Each year, more than 40,000 children come to the children's hospital for diagnosis and state-of-the-art treatment. N.C. Children's Hospital includes a comprehensive outpatient center and 136 inpatient beds.
Hosting Alex's Lemonade Stand is a great match for the Community Independent School, which seeks to build community both within the school and its larger community. Community Independent School, an innovative educational leader in the Triangle for over 13 years, provides dynamic, hands on education to pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. At Community Independent School, students learn responsibility, cooperation and leadership; and participating in Alex's Lemonade Stand provides the students with an opportunity to put these skills to use in their community.
For more information, go to www.alexslemonade.com or www.communityindependentschool.org.
Media contact: Stephanie Crayton, (919) 966-2860 or scrayton@unch.unc.edu
Community Independent School contact: Business Director Holly Baddour, (919) 932-6313 or holly@communityindependentschool.org
