Congratulations to our AMAZING Schools!!!

HUGE kudos to all our 2013 Alex's Virtual Lemonade Stand participating schools! You are all incredible and together we raised thousands of dollars to help end pediatric cancers worldwide. What an amazing wrap-up celebration event we shared on Tuesday May 21st!! It was so wonderful to hear all of your efforts over the last two weeks and to see your amazing lemonade stands in action!

Big thanks to our incredibly awesome and super professional VJ team from Southern Lehigh Middle School! What a fabulous job you did of moderating this fast-paced event and making it fun and visually exciting, too.

We were especially delighted to hear from the two guest speakers you brought in for the event: 

Carrie Tamutus, Executive Director of the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley and mother of two of your middle-schoolers and Doug Sherriff, President of Angel 34.

The Pediatric Cancer Foundation of Lehigh Valley (PCFLV) is a local, 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports the entire family battling pediatric cancer. They provide individual assistance based on the needs of families, as well as organize events, and special get-togethers to create opportunities for those families to participate in fun and engaging activities, free of charge. These gatherings create a place for parents and kids to find nurturing support within the pediatric cancer community. PCFLV also makes hospital visits with an array of arts and crafts and toys to entertain and distract children during their treatment.

Angel 34 is a national organization united in the fight against Childhood Cancer and dedicated to finding a cure. Doug's daughter, Nicole, started the organization. After her passing, Doug and his wife continue her mission. Since its establishment in 2003, Angel 34 is committed to bring hope and healing to the children and families of those affected by childhood cancer.

Unfortunately, our hero ambassador, Mikayla Andrews, who was scheduled to join us for the celebration event was actually detained while at clinical treatment at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia on Tuesday and so could not join us as she had planned and hoped. We all send our very best wishes to Mikayla for her continued recovery and win against childhood cancer.

In case you missed a single moment of our wrap-up event you can view the archived video of the event at http://video.magpi.net/videos/video/720/. Feel free to share this url with students, parents, principals and members of the community.

And big kudos to all the winners of our special optional projects:
Make a Difference Commercial Contest Winner: Moreland Hills Elementary (Pepper Pike, Ohio)
Poster Contest: Southern Lehigh Middle School (Center Valley, PA)
Lemonade Stand Flair Contest Winner: Moreland Hills Elementary (Pepper Pike, Ohio)
Social Media Contest: Thomasville Primary (Thomasville, PA)

Finally, we are beyond excited and proud of each and everyone one of you to announce that so far, our total amount raised is over $12,700!! And this number is likely to increase as some of your stands have not even happened yet. We are so thrilled at how much money we could raise for the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation through your incredible lemonade stand efforts. Thank you for all the hard work and all the efforts you and your schools put into raising this money which is so desperately needed to help find a cure and end childhood cancers worldwide. Thank you!! And, hope to see you all next year!!