OCM BOCES students fight cancer with Alex's Lemonade Stand

For the sixth year in a row, students in Lisa Austin’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing class at North Syracuse Junior High School, a part of OCM BOCES Special Education Summer School, have created a lemonade stand to raise money for a great cause! During the school's summer program several years ago,  Ms. Austin was teaching her students about money and the importance of giving back and thought a Lemonade Stand would be a great way to teach students about both concepts.  After researching, and finding several books on the topic, Austin came across the book Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand.


The book, about giving back and helping others, talked about Alex Scott, a little girl with cancer who set up a lemonade stand to help doctors find a cure for the disease.  Alex’s Lemonade Stand, now a national organization, has raised more than $30 million dollars in the fight against childhood cancer...part of that money coming from right here in Central New York!

In the past years, OCM BOCES students have raised thousands of dollars at their lemonade stand. This year's lemonade stand at North Syracuse Junior High School was held on Friday, August 1, 2014. 

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