Lemonade profits to children hospital
NORTHUMBERLAND - A West Milton teen opening a lemonade stand in Northumberland Saturday will be donating all the proceeds to Geisinger Medical Center's Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville.
Blake Bradt, 14, and her cousin, Kurt Snyder, 13, of Sunbury, are participating in the eighth annual Lemonade Day at the Second Street Community Center, Second and Orange streets, which is being held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Their stand will be Hawaiian-themed complete with homemade pineapple lemonade, grass skirts and other tropical decorations. In addition to selling the drinks, they will also have various treats for sale.
Reinhart FoodService, of Coal Township, will be donating a box of 200 lemons to their cause, and Janet Weis will be donating posters for display.
There will also be food, games, music, contests and raffles and a petting zoo. There will be chalk drawing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., a watermelon seed spitting contest at 1:45 p.m., a bubblegum blowing contest at 2 p.m., a hulu hooping contest at 2:15 p.m., a water balloon toss at 2:30 p.m. and a pie eating contest at 3 p.m.
There will be prizes for best decorated stand, best theme and best tasting lemonade. Judging announcement will be at 3:30 p.m.