RICHMOND, Va. — Anthem LemonAid, the annual event raising money to help children fight cancer at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU since 2000, is next Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 21.
“It started because there was just a real need there was a need to be able to provide resources for patients and families here in the Richmond area struggling with cancer and fighting, fighting, fighting cancer,” Vaughan Clark, the special events coordinator for the Children’s Hospital Foundation, said.
Registration is open through Tuesday, July 16 . You provide the water and the stand.
“Anyone who registers gets a LemonAid kit and in the lemonade kit we have branded cups, we have a pitcher,” Clark explained. “We have a really cute banner with our LemonAid ambassador’s photo, stickers and sunglasses. Everything you need to be able to host your own LemonAid stand.”
Provided to WTVRAnthem LemonAid, which has raised more than 2 million locally, benefits children like this year’s ambassador. Wesley Haskins.