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Nov 30, 2006
"When I rise, let me rise joyful, like a bird. When I fall, let me fall without regret, like a leaf." --Wendell Berry
A Child's (Lemonade) Stand Against Cancer
Alexandra Scott was diagnosed at age one with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer. Undergoing treatment at age 4, she decided to run a lemonade stand to raise money for the hospital, an idea she came up with entirely by herself. When her parents set up the fund, Alex wanted to support cancer research not just for "her" cancer but for other kinds of childhood cancer -- because "those kids want to get better too". Over the next four years "Alex's Lemonade Stand" chapters were opened by children all over the country mobilizing funds for cancer research. Alex herself passed away in 2004 -- by the end of that year her fund raised more than $1.5 million.
BE THE CHANGE
Consider the challenges of a situation of your own, how you are overcoming them, and how you can use those learnings to support others in similar situations.
