Students at St. Martini raise money for kids at Children’s Wisconsin with lemonade stand

MILWAUKEE — The seven LUMIN faculties positioned in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, and Racine are promoting lemonade to lift cash for Kids’s Wisconsin. That is their second 12 months after elevating $5K final 12 months.

“Use the sources that you have to assist different individuals,” stated eighth grader Chandrai Suttle. That is the lesson that college students at St. Martini Lutheran Faculty are studying throughout this Faculty Alternative Week.

“We like to have fun it actually massive in any respect our Lumin Colleges. We have now spirit days, we do completely different competitions after which this lemonade stand is our technique to give again,” stated Julieane Cook dinner, Chief Expertise Officer for Lumin Colleges.

“Even Northwestern Mutual matched final 12 months what they raised, so it is actually been group coming collectively. We host this lemonade stand within the coldest month of the 12 months as a result of we need to convey some sunshine,” stated La’Ketta Caldwell, Director of Alternative at Lumin Colleges.

They construct the lemonade stands with recyclable supplies and different companies like Starbucks and Pete’s Market have donated to the trigger, in addition to college students like Dianely who donated $80 from her piggy financial institution.

“I have been saving up for a 12 months to gather cash and cash as a result of I like serving to children and I like animals too,” stated third grader Dianely.

The scholars are impressed by the story of Alex who was simply 8 years previous when she handed away from childhood most cancers in 2004. Her lemonade stand raised greater than $1 million and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Basis for Childhood Most cancers remains to be making a distinction right this moment.

“As soon as they realized about Alex and the way she was dying and even in her dying she wished to do one thing nice, that is what they gravitate in direction of,” stated Caldwell.

The scholars are using the RISE UP character traits that they’ve realized which embrace respect, integrity, empathy, unity, perseverance, and repair.

“I feel that what service means, serving to others with out actually understanding them…simply understanding they need assistance,” stated eighth grader Daisy Ortez.

As every faculty competes for a particular successful prize, there’s one lesson they will bear in mind for the remainder of their lives.

“When life palms you a lemon, make lemonade!”

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