Local Girl Sets Up Lemonade Stand for St. Jude's
Fighting childhood cancer one lemon at a time.
A local 7-year-old girl passed up walking in the West Essex Memorial Day Parade last Monday to run a lemonade stand. But it was no ordinary lemonade stand. Olivia D'Angelo was raising money for St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital in honor of a cousin and friend who have both battled leukemia. Written on a chalkboard attached to her lemonade stand was the message: "Fighting childhood cancer one lemon at a time." Olivia, selling lemonade for 50 cents and cookies for $1, raised a total of $100 during the parade which travels down Bloomfield Avenue through Caldwell and West Caldwell. Thanks to a 2:1 matching program by her father’s employer, AIG, she will be able to make a $300 donation to St. Jude's. Olivia’s cousin Janessa, also 7-years-…
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gregory l. mitchell
1:48 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
Outstanding Olivia ! You are to be commended ! In fact they even heard about your work way down in Kentucky too!! Good news travels fast and FAR too!!You will be rewarded for this many times over-Good luck and have a wonderful summer. more ›