Lemonade Day teaches youth how to start, own and operate their first business, a lemonade stand.
Lemonade Day is in 31 this year [2011] including Austin, TX.
30. Plan and operate a businessIn 2012, Lemonade Day will be launched in 100 U.S. cities.
31. Lemonade Day Highlights A free, experiential, city-wide program Teaches kids how to own and operate a lemonade stand business Offers a curriculum developed in coordination with the Search Institute Youth who register receive a backpack complete with an Entrepreneurial Guide and Caring Adult Guide Guides provide the needed tools to operate a lemonade stand business Youth keep the money they earn
32. Impact 8,400 youth registered for Lemonade Day Austin 2010: Youth earned $77.00 (on average) per stand 37% of stands donated proceeds to charities 350 public / private schools gained access tothe entrepreneurial curriculum Great Reports from our Youth: Ms. Brandenburg at Forest Trail Elementary School registered six third-grade classes. These teachers used the educational materials in their math curriculum. The students donated their earnings to the Austin Children’s Shelter. Maya crushed aluminum cans to earn herstart-up money. She donated 40% of herprofits to the local animal shelter. Ally’s stand raised $700 by selling lemonade,t-shirts and brownies. Proceeds weredonated to LIVESTRONG.
33. Think Like an Entrepreneur Legendary entrepreneurs — from John Rockefeller to Bill Gates — had paper routes or lemonade stands growing up. Take a look at some of Austin’s entrepreneurs: NavSooch, co-founder of Silicon Laboratories, Inc., delivered newspapers. Richard Garriott, co-founder of Origin Systems Inc., sold Boy Scout products door-to-door. Bertrand Sosa, co-founder and president of MPower Labs Inc., had a Spanish-speaking lemonade stand after moving here from Mexico. Brian Sharples of HomeAway Inc. had a lemonade stand and a paper route. Jason Black, CEO of Boundless Networks, earned money by buying candy at the corner store for $.05, marking it up, and selling it to classmates.
34. Community Involvement Community Partners: ACTIVE Life Movement Austin Children’s Museum Austin Sunshine Camps Big Brothers Big Sisters Boy Scouts Boys & Girls Club Citizen Schools Communities in School Con Mi MADRE Crenshaw Athletics GENaustin Girl Scouts Junior Achievement KIPP LIVESTRONG YMCA Average Age: 9 years old Gender: Female 58% Male 42% Ethnicity: African American 12% Asian 4% Caucasian 40% Hispanic 33% Other 5%