Alex’s lemonade stand is fighting for the cure for cancer for kids all over the north american continent. We have already funded over 800 research projects. Not only have we done that, our hero’s love us too. From many testimonials, all of the kids that have been helped, or were being helped, seemed to really love what the foundation has done for them. This organization was started by a little girl named Alexandria Scott when she was just four. She got cancer right before her first birthday, but luckily it went away. It came back when she was 4 years old, and she held her first lemonade stand in her yard, raising over 2,000 dollars. Her goal was to raise 1 million dollars, and she reached that amount shortly after she passed away at 8 years old. She said she didn’t want any kid to go through what she was going through.
Our mission is “to change the lives of children with cancer through funding impact research, raising awareness, supporting families, and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer” (Our). We are certainly putting forth a lot of hard work …show more content…
She made the varsity softball team as freshman, but after practice she would begin to feel irregularly tired, and her parents started to get worried. She went to get checked out and her pediatrician saw something’s wrong with her blood, and he grew to be concerned so he sent her to Stanford’s Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. That night she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). All of her dreams were put on hold, yet she still had an optimistic mood. “She’s one of those girls that has grit. She’s very self-motivated,” said her mother Theresa. “If she puts her mind to something, she’s going to do it” (Amanda). Amanda is now 16 years old and she still has lots of grit. Many people are supporting her. They held a fundraiser, and raised 25,000 dollars for her. As of today, she is still is getting