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Lemonade Stand Raises $10K to Fight Dad’s Cancer

By on April 18, 2012 in News

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A young entrepreneur is trying to help his dad fight a rare form of cancer – and he hasn’t even finished kindergarten. CBS 19’s Abby Broyles shows how a six-year old boy started his own business from his home in Gladewater to help pay for his dad’s cancer treatments.

He’s six years old, he has a big heart, and a community behind him.

The six year old set up a lemonade stand and within a day had sold $0.25 worth of lemonade and paper cups for $10,000. Cause based marketing at it’s finest.

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  • bestinsuranceagent

    I’m surprised our out of control government hasn’t shut him down as they often do. Good for him.

  • http://www.rwrinnovations.com Ron Nixon

    Great story and the young man is be commended.

    I wonder how many laws he broke helping his dad? At least he is in Texas which provides a good climate for businesses.

    John Stossel tried to open a lemonade stand in New York City. He said “We couldn’t finish the process. Had we been able to schedule our health inspection and open my stand legally, it would have taken us 65 days.”

    He told his television audience that even his lawyers were confused by the paperwork.

    http://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2012/02/24/creators_oped/page/full/

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