Make A Stand Lemon-aid

After seeing a photo of two enslaved boys her age—and learning that “slavery did not end with Abraham Lincoln”—then 8-year-old Vivienne Harr decided to help. She said: “Compassion is not compassion without action.” So, since children have done since time immemorial, she went with “the only business experience I had”: a lemonade stand. But, little Vivienne had a big vision. She wanted to raise $100,000. She “made a stand” at her lemonade stand for 365 days straight, rain or shine, to “end child slavery.”

Vivienne continued her daily stand for a full year, at which point she decided to bottle her organic, Fair Trade “lemon-aid”—becoming the first child in American history to bottle her lemonade-stand lemonade. “The Little Lemonpreneur” and her team raised over $1 million to start Make a Stand, Inc.

Make a Stand is a social impact brand that supports its 10-year-old founder’s vision of a world where all 18 million enslaved children are free and safe. Five-percent of all gross revenues from Make a Stand, Inc. go to the Make a Stand Foundation that sends the funds directly to leading organizations that do the most documented work in eradicating child slavery in the U.S. and around the world.

Join us on Thursday, May 29th during lunch service to taste and learn more about Make A Stand and how you can put good taste to good work.