Nine-Year-Old's Lemonade Stand Raises Thousands for Detroit: Did You Have a Lemonade Stand When You Were a Kid?
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2012/08/08 18:00:00
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Nine-year-old Joshua Smith opened a lemonade stand to raise money after his mother explained why he couldn't walk down the street to play in his neighborhood park. "The city only has enough money to cut the grass twice a year and there's just too much trash down there," she told him.
Josh took it upon himself to raise money to help the city out. He opened up a lemonade stand and ended up raising well over $3,000 for Detroit. His father, a math teacher, has been amazed at the response. "I’m very proud of him. It’s not often that someone sees a small problem and wants to do anything about it, much less a big problem -- the city’s broke. We have adults who understand some of the complexities of that and come away jaded and negative."
GOOD.IS reports:
Josh took it upon himself to raise money to help the city out. He opened up a lemonade stand and ended up raising well over $3,000 for Detroit. His father, a math teacher, has been amazed at the response. "I’m very proud of him. It’s not often that someone sees a small problem and wants to do anything about it, much less a big problem -- the city’s broke. We have adults who understand some of the complexities of that and come away jaded and negative."
GOOD.IS reports:
He thought his city would "cease to exist, like, Pluto" so he set up a fundraiser on his stoop.
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On another note, good for Josh to care about his city like that. Detroit is definitely in need of some help, and it's good to see kids wanting to improve their city :)
I was never allowed to.
Nearby, mother Bobbie Nelson had her kids’ lemonade stand shutdown as well. Police informed her that a permit would cost $400.
Meanwhile, in Georgia, police shutdown a lemonade stand run by three girls who were saving money to go to a water park. Police said the girls needed a business license, a peddler’s permit, and a food permit to operate the stand, which cost $50 per day or $180 per year each, sums that would quickly cut into any possible profit-margin.
In Appleton, Wisconsin the city council recently passed an ordinance preventing vendors from selling products within two blocks of local events – including kids who want to sell lemonade or cookies.
These are hardly isolated incidents. From slapping parents with $500 fines for letting their kids run unl...
Nearby, mother Bobbie Nelson had her kids’ lemonade stand shutdown as well. Police informed her that a permit would cost $400.
Meanwhile, in Georgia, police shutdown a lemonade stand run by three girls who were saving money to go to a water park. Police said the girls needed a business license, a peddler’s permit, and a food permit to operate the stand, which cost $50 per day or $180 per year each, sums that would quickly cut into any possible profit-margin.
In Appleton, Wisconsin the city council recently passed an ordinance preventing vendors from selling products within two blocks of local events – including kids who want to sell lemonade or cookies.
These are hardly isolated incidents. From slapping parents with $500 fines for letting their kids run unlicensed lemonade stands (though this was later waived after public outcry), to government officials calling the cops on kids selling cupcakes, the list goes on and on and on.
LAND OF THE FREE ? AND HOME OF THE BRAVE ? what is everyone on anyway, oh thats right..flouride !
It was easier to earn money that way.
What the hell? I've never been to America so I don't understand what goes on there exactly, but last time I checked America was a first world nation. How can a capital city be BROKE? How does this happen?! Why aren't they getting the same funding other cities get? Someone please explain this me.