Summer campers raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand
A sure sign of summer is a lemonade stand selling tasty drinks. And there’s no better reason to sell lemonade than for a charity. That’s why the campers at Virtua’s Child Development Center teamed up with Alex’s Lemonade Stand to raise more than $2,600 in the battle to find a cure for cancer.
Pre-k and kindergarten children dressed in yellow shirts sold lemonade to passers-by on a warm August day. Goodies were donated by area businesses.
Little Alex Scott wanted to find a cure for cancer so she decided to set-up a lemonade stand to raise money. Alex lost her life at a very young age to the disease which she was trying to erase, but her legacy remains. The children at Virtua have raised money for the past four years.
Virtua is a comprehensive multi-hospital healthcare system headquartered in Marlton, NJ. Its mission is to deliver a world-class patient experience through its programs of excellence in cancer treatment, cardiology, orthopaedics, women's health, pediatrics, surgery, neuroscience and wellness. A non-profit organization, Virtua employs 8,400 clinical and administrative personnel, and approximately 1,800 physicians serve as medical staff members. Virtua has distinguished itself as one of the first Six Sigma organizations in healthcare, as an early adopter of clinical and digital technologies, and for its innovative partnerships with nationally renowned organizations such as
GE Healthcare,
Fox Chase Cancer Center and
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). It has been honored twice with the New Jersey Governor's award for Clinical Excellence and recognized with the Leadership Award for Outstanding Achievement by Voluntary Hospitals of America. Virtua has been honored as the #1 Best Employer in the Delaware Valley by the
Philadelphia Business Journal and is the recipient of the Consumer Choice Awards by National Research Corporation. Virtua is proud to be the official southern New Jersey sponsor of the Go Red for Women and Start! Walking Movements. For more information, visit
www.virtua.org or call 1-888-VIRTUA-3 (1-888-847-8823).