The Kids Helping Kids Junior Board and representatives from the 2016 nonprofits Lemonaide Day will be supporting this year at the February Lemonaide Day Kickoff. See www.khkalexandria.org. Photo Contributed
Youths from all over Alexandria will put up lemonade stands on Saturday, May 21, as part of a day-long effort to raise money to benefit nonprofits supporting at-risk children in Alexandria. Lemonaide Day is sponsored by the non-profit organization, Kids Helping Kids (KHK). This year marks the 14th Anniversary of Lemonaide Day and like last year, will be part of a celebration of giving and service in the City of Alexandria called Spring for Alexandria (www.springforalexandria.org).
In 2015, a new group students from numerous local schools joined together to continue in the Lemonaide Day tradition. After raising over $15,000 for local non-profits last year, the students returned with the goal of doing it again this year. The 2016 Kids Helping Kids Junior Board is comprised of Annie Tuttle, Eliza Marcus, Olivia Morton, Olivia Petretich and Majlis Walker. They recruit youth volunteers, spread awareness about the event and the nonprofits they choose to assist, gather sponsors, and organize all the logistics for the event.
The KHK Junior Board selected five nonprofits to receive Lemonaide Day proceeds: Alexandria Police Foundation, Carpenter’s Shelter, The Fund for Alexandria’s Child, Space of her Own and Wright to Read.