Elementary Chef

I think this is a wonderful summer idea! A little adult supervision is required, but I think the time invested will be a great lesson learned for your kids — or some you “adopt” for this project!

In its fourth year, Take a Stand has empowered thousands of kids throughout North America to give back to their local community by raising money for a charity of their choice through a good old-fashioned, freshly-squeezed lemonade sale.

Since May, Sunkist has been providing complimentary lemonade stands, delicious lemonade recipes and tool kits to kids who pledge to use the materials to raise money for charity. More than 10,000 requests have poured in from kids throughout the United States and Canada. Due to overwhelming demand, Sunkist has further announced that an additional 5,000 stands will be made available in celebration of the first weekend of summer (while supplies last) so that even more kids can join the fun. To receive a
complimentary stand, children must be ages 7-12 and simply pledge their commitment to a charity online at: http://www.sunkist.com/takeastand

Take a Stand Day — New in 2007

To squeeze more fun into lemonade stand season, Sunkist is encouraging kids to jump-start lemonade sales in conjunction with the first-ever “Take a Stand Day” set for Thursday, June 21st and through the first weekend of summer. To help prepare and promote their lemonade sale on “Take a Stand Day,” the Sunkist Web site has free downloadable tools including a “Lemonade for Sale” poster, sales tracker, stand price sign and a worksheet on how to price their product.

Over the past three years Sunkist has sent out more than 14,000 free lemonade stands, recipe cards and juicer kits to help kids get started. Since its inception, it is estimated that more than $1.5 million has been raised for charity by kids, one glass of Sunkist lemonade at a time. Last year, 11,000 pledges were received with kids writing in from every state in the U.S. and every province in Canada. The top five states with the most kids pledging to raise money for charity through a lemonade sale included
Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, Texas and New York.