By Erin O’Hare ’15
In April Siena hosted the seventh annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand to raise proceeds for childhood cancer research. Students gathered in front of Lonnstrom Dining Hall to sell cups of the summer-time delight.
“I volunteered because it’s fun getting a positive message out for a great cause,” Erin Grogan ’16 said.
The Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for childhood cancer began in 2000 by a four-year old named Alexandra “Alex” Scott from Manchester, Connecticut. She was diagnosed with neuroblastoma before her first birthday. While recovering from one of her surgeries, Alex asked her mother if she could host a lemonade stand to raise money for her doctors so they could “help other kids like they have helped me.”
After raising $2,000, others heard about the sick child’s efforts and sponsored their own lemonade stands around the world.
The disease eventually took her life in August 2004 at the age of eight. After a life of battling cancer, Alex passed away knowing she helped raise over $1 million. Every year her family and supporters honor her inspiring legacy through the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.
“Siena Student Senate was proud to host the event,” Michaela Pearl ’16 co-chair of the Services Committee, said. “It’s something where we can all come together for a good cause.”
