Lemonade and toys
Retold by C.S. · ·
About Alexandra “Alex” Scott · West Hartford, Connecticut · 2 min read
On Saturday 1 July 2000, on a front lawn in West Hartford, Connecticut, Alexandra Scott set out lemonade and toys. She was 4. She had two leg braces. She had waited since winter to sell for the Children’s Cancer Fund at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
The night before, she dressed in cotton shorts and a tank top. She woke just after 6 a.m. Rice Krispies and bananas. She mixed lemonade with her father, Jay. They used a plastic picnic table and a toy cash register.
Business ran from about 9 a.m. toward noon. After about an hour, by 10, she went inside to watch The Lion King. She said to her mother, Liz:
"I haven’t had five minutes to myself."
People kept coming. A card came with a $100 check, signed “a friend.”
"I want you to know that I think your homemade lemonade stand is the BEST! Your mom and dad must be very proud of you. I am too. God bless you."
She came back at about 11:55 a.m., in her father’s arms. The stand took in $1,250 in three hours.
On Sunday 1 August 2004, at home in Wynnewood, she died. She was 8.
"At about 4 p.m. today Alex passed on peacefully with us holding her hands."