Ellie Lahr, with the Moore Elementary School PTA, collects sectors and passes out lemonade to the pupils for a Lemonade Stand fundraiser on Friday, April 19, 2013, at Moore Elementary. EXPRESS-TIMES PHOTO
SUE BEYER Make lemonade, when lifestyle hands you lemons. Thatas what Alexandra aAlexa Scott did, and thatas lesson learned by students at Moore Elementary School. A Great Lemonade War was hosted by the children on Friday to improve money for childhood cancer research. Similar lemonade sales has been set up by children across the country in honor of Scott, who died of cancer at age 8. Her basis has lifted $60 million for cancer research over the past eight years. A huge selection of Moore Elementary pupils wore bright yellow shirts and spent 25 cents for a cup of lemonade at lunch. Major Curt Dimmick said some kids donated $1 for a single cup. The event isnat about winning or about money, in accordance with Dimmick. aThe young ones, they get in the end,a he said. aWeave had some families who've been affected by cancer. So we thought it would be described as a nice gesture.a The school increased $800 finally yearas occasion. On Thursday, Bethlehem cancer survivor Isabella Gonzales, 3, and her mother Alissa made motivational speeches. aThey loved conference Isabella. They'd a lot of questions like, aHow do you get cancer? Can you feel pain?aa said reading specialist Krista Maxwell. After establishing the big event, Maxwell read aAlex and the Amazing Lemonade Standa to her students. The book is published by Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. The big event teaches important lessons to young ones. aThey have to know never to hesitate to question questions,a Maxwell said. A T-shirt was worn by heather Shaner, a reading support teacher at Moore Elementary, in honor of her friend and ovarian cancer survivor Gretchen Troxell. Troxell is just a special education teacher at Northampton Area High School. aI think children need to see that their money helps people directly in the community,a Shaner said. Her daughter Sarah, 8, said she bought a glass of lemonade at lunch honoring Gretchen. To learn more and to make a donation at the Moore Elementary School Lemonade Stand, visit alexslemonade.org/mypage/89979.
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