Team Lemonaid for Love continues their heroic quest to provide water wells for remote villages in Nepal. Team leader Sara Brekke even visited Nepal last year to help with water wells, earth quake relief and provision of much needed clothing and supplies. Congrats on a job well done!
Here’s the scoop in a recent MidWeek article:
Checkout this amazing video from Ka’imiloa Films… it chronicles a terrific adventure in making lemonade for a good cause. Congrats to all the kids at Kaimiloa for their heroic efforts to create the perfect lemonade!
Kali’i Gomes, 7 years old from Aina Haina, cuz Mikaia, brother Titus and other cuz Sarai make a secret recipe on air using calemansi from Makaha Farms to support Make a Wish. Says Gomes, “we’re helping save the world” by using recyclable cups and locally grown fruit.
Thx KHON2 for featuring these smart and heroic eco-preneurs!
Lemonade Alley Contestants makes us at the BizGym Foundation very proud! Our K-12 students not only shows off their business skills at our annual Lemonade Alley event, but also lets their heart of gold shine as they go above and beyond our ‘Profit To Share’ mantra.
One of the shining stars at the seventh annual Lemonade Alley – hosted in April 2017 by Pearlridge Center in Aiea – was 13-year-old Lincoln Naki, an eighth grader at Prince David Kawananakoa Middle School in Honolulu.
Lincoln, who comes from a single-parent family, specified that all profits from his team’s lemonade sales would support Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii, a charity that has been there for Lincoln over the years.
Big Brothers Big Sisters matches keiki ages 6-18 (“Littles”) in one-to-one friendships with mentors (“Bigs”). Each match is supported by a professional coach who is there on a daily basis to answer questions, provide fun activities, and guide kids, mentors and parents.
The concept behind the charity is that youth who have positive adult influences in their lives are better able to reach their fullest potential. Research bears this out. So Big Brothers Big Sisters helps parents build a network of support for their family while offering adult volunteers the opportunity to make a big difference in a child’s life.
Lincoln, along with his teammates Kayla Malta and Lisa Smith from Iolani School, donated more than $700 in net sales proceeds to Big Brothers Big Sisters, plus their $1,000 cash prize for winning their age division in the Lemonade Alley contest. The grand total donated was $1,761.49 – a very generous sum for young teenagers.
Lincoln presented the check during a ceremony at the Queen Lili`uokalani Trust, a charity founded in 1909 to assist orphan and destitute children. Accepting the check was Dennis Brown, Big Brothers Big Sisters president and CEO.
Dennis pointed out that his organization has helped more than 10,000 children over the past half century. That includes Lincoln, a budding entrepreneur with a heart of gold.
More information on Big Brothers Big Sisters is available at bbbshawaii.org. And for the latest information on Lemonade Alley 2018, visit lemonadealley.com.
Lemonade Alley Ambassadors, here they come! Now that the Lemonade Alley kid-biz challenge is in its seventh year, participants from the previous six contests are lending their support to newbies. These seasoned competitors not only provide technical advice for the next generation of “kidpreneurs,” they serve as inspirational role models for young people and adults alike.
That’s why we honor these contest veterans by dubbing them “Lemonade Alley Ambassadors.”
If you checked out our free how-to workshops on concocting lemon drinks, designing stands and pitching business plans, you might have met some of the girls from LemonAID for Love.
These outstanding Ambassadors – Sara Brekke, Sierra Choi, Marina Choi, Callie Cayaban and Kanoelani Walker – competed in three previous Lemonade Alley contests. The girls then used the money they raised to dig water wells for impoverished villagers in Nepal.
The girls donated their contest proceeds to the WaterAid charity, which points out that Nepal’s extreme landscape prevents more than 2 million people from gaining routine access to clean water. Reaching water sources in this mountainous terrain can be extremely hazardous, which is why people sustain serious or fatal injuries as they traverse steep paths and ravines.
Contaminated water is another major concern in Nepal and elsewhere. Tragically, children in Third World countries often die from waterborne illnesses. For without clean water, sanitation and hygiene, the development and overall well-being of these kids are jeopardized.
So far, LemonAID for Love has provided funding for 23 wells in Nepal. That means more than 550 people from 92 families lead better lives by drinking clean water. And it’s not a stretch to say that some of those villagers are probably alive today thanks to LemonAID for Love’s aloha and global awareness.
Mahalo nui loa for a job well done!
