One of the things that we hope makes AmazingStation and it’s network of stores stand out is that we donate a percentage of every sale that we receive to charity. The first charity we have chosen to work with is Alex’s Lemonade Stand.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand’s mission is to fight childhood cancer. The story behind this non profit is heart warming and impressive. In the year 2000, a 4 year old girl fighting for her life against cancer came up with a simple idea, sell lemonade in her very own lemonade stand and donate the money to help her doctors find a cure for kids with cancer. They setup the stand in their front lawn and for the next 4 years, despite her many health problems she held an annual stand to raise money. So many other people were inspired by her actions and ran similiar stands. Alex died at 8 years old but during that short lifespace she raised over $1,000,000 to fight childhood cancer.

Alex’s efforts are continued by her family and the foundation has raised over $25,000,000 so far to help fight childhood cancer. It’s a very noble effort by an impressive group of people and we hope that we can help make a small difference by sending them a portion of every sale we receive. You can find out more about them at Alex’s Lemonade Stand.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand is having it “Great Chefs Event” this coming June. Over 20 amazing chefs will meet in Philadelphia at Osteria for a street fair for anyone that likes good food. The purpose, besides getting stuffed and going home happy, is to raise money to help fight childhood cancer. It will cost $250 a person to attend but really, where else could you go and sample food from chefs like Bobby Flay, Kiong Bahn, Franklin Becker, Chris Bianco and Masahura Morimoto? Check out the complete details at http://www.alexslemonade.org/special-events/great-chefs-event