Theft leaves future of 13-year-old’s snow cone stand frozen

SHERWOOD, Ark. – A 13-year-old’s snow cone stand was treated coldly this week. The family of Olivia Givens said the business was stolen from taking over a thousand dollars of equipment.

Givens opened Lil Liv’s Shaved Ice & Concessions in Sherwood when she was nine years old. She owns every aspect of it from painting the trailer every year, developing a special menu, and even creating her stand’s syrup. That’s why the theft is so heartbreaking to her, and why she has been closed since.

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Lil Liv has business permits in North Little Rock, Sherwood, Maumelle, and England. She’s even traveled for events in Little Rock. In 2021, Lil Liv told the City of Maumelle her favorite part of the job.

“I like to make people happy if it’s a hot day and giving them a shaved ice, and I see the smile on their face that they’re finally having something cold,” Lil Liv said…

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