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Kirk lemonade stand raises funds for feast
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George Thomas (right) loved turning his “lemonade stand” sign upside down, so potential customers could come by and correct him. That, and Joey Hughes’s (left) megaphone marketing, brought the customers in.
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Austintown Township Park Supervisor Joyce Gottron dropped by Lynn Kirk to enjoy a tall glass of lemonade.
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Lemonade was in high demand in with the help of marketing duo George Thomas and Joey Hughes (right).
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor.Kim Miller and her class smile next to their successful lemonade stand. Students were, from left, (front) Joey Hughes, Logan Morgan, George Thomas; (back) Kim Miller, Jay Smallwood, Anthony Marsicola, Emma Bartlett, and Hayley Tarr.
By SARAH FOOR
There’s nothing like an ice cold lemonade to cool you off — in October.
Students at Lynn Kirk Elementary came up with a great way to beat the unseasonably warm weather on Oct. 28, as Kim Miller’s second-grade class opened their very own lemonade stand.
Although many students didn’t think handing over a quarter for a tall glass of lemonade made a difference, Miller begged to differ.
“All of the proceeds from our stand go toward buying supplies for pies that we’ll be donating to the Rescue Mission’s Thanksgiving feast,” she explained. “Earlier in the year, the students did chores at home and brought in $4 each to get us started. The lemonade stand provides the rest of our funds, and during Thanksgiving week, we walk the entire class down the road to Rulli Brothers where we buy supplies. The kids have so much fun with it.”
The pie donation has been an annual project at Lynn Kirk for 15 years, and last year’s project made an all-time high of 110 pies. Miller hopes this year they’ll do even better.
“We’ve preemptively stocked up on pumpkin filling, in case of a shortage, and we have enough to beat last year. So, we’re crossing our fingers,” she said.
As for the students, the lemonade sale was more of the focus than the Thanksgiving field trip. The boisterous marketing team of George Thomas and Joey Hughes loved shouting up and down the halls, “Lemonade stand! You love lemonade, so come and get it!”