He managed to sell almost $3,400 from his stand as of last Friday to help Detroit through its financial struggles. The Detroit Free Press says attention from well-wishers and the media didn’t distract one 9-year-old boy from his mission of selling organic lemonade, fruit punch, water and popcorn since last Monday, with a $1,000 goal set to help his city. detroit boy 3400 lemonade stand, nine year old popcorn lemonade,
He topped that goal by Wednesday, and moved on past $2,000 on Thursday until Friday’s count of a $3,392.77 profit, with additional donations arriving over the weekend. detroit boy lemonade 1000 goal,
Not only has he raised money for his community, but the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation was paying attention, and announced that it will give the boy a $2,000 scholarship after he graduates from high school if he has a GPA of at least 2.5 at that time. That grant isn’t usually handed out to anyone who isn’t a high school senior. detroit economy 2012, boy gets scholarship lemonade,
