Join Volvo of Oak Park in Supporting Alex’s Lemonade Stand for Life

Dec. 25, 2012 - PRLog -- Alex’s Lemonade Stand for Life (http://www.volvooakpark.com/alex-s-lemonade-stand-foundation---volvo-partnership.htm) is a partnership between the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Volvo that Volvo of Oak Park wholly supports and promotes. The program began over seven years ago, after Volvo met Alex Scott. Volvo found Alex so inspiring that the company also created the Volvo for Life Butterfly Award in her honor. Virtual cups of lemonade can be purchased online for only one dollar and can be shared with friends and family via email to raise awareness for the cause.

In the year 2000, then four-year-old cancer patient Alex Scott set up her first lemonade stand to raise money for money for childhood cancer research. Her first stand was set up in West Harford Connecticut, her home town. The stand was an overwhelming success and raised over $2,000 for the cause. The stand was so successful that it became an annual tradition, and even continued after Alex and her family relocated to Pennsylvania where Alex was receiving treatment.

Alex Scott unfortunately lost her battle with cancer in 2004 at the age of eight and the charity continues on in her memory. Volunteers across the country hold Alex’s Lemonade Stands during the same weekend in June as the original stand, every year.

The organization is now a registered charity and has to date raised over 55 million dollars for pediatric cancer research. It funds over 250 research projects in the United States.  

Donations to Alex’s Lemonade Stand for Life can be made online, but for more information visit Volvo of Oak Park at 1140 Garfield Street in Oak Park, IL. Volvo of Oak Park carries a large selection of the latest Volvo models that are available to test drive. The dealership is open six days a week, Monday through Saturday.

Volvo of Oak Park can be contacted online (http://www.volvooakpark.com/contact.htm) via their website or by phone at (708) 848-8500 with any questions about the charity and Volvo’s partnership.