Alex's Lemonade Stand raises funds for childhood cancer

With a goal of raising $95,000, hundreds of volunteers, including young cancer survivors and their parents, will be at area Hy-Vee stores from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 5-6 to sell lemonade.

All proceeds will benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer.

The Kansas City regional effort, known as a "Grand Stand," is the second largest Alex's Lemonade Stand fundraiser in the United States. Since the local effort began in 2004, more than $315,000 has been raised. Proceeds have gone to medical and nursing childhood cancer research grants at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.

Each year, more than 12,500 children and adolescents in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer. This is the equivalent of two school classrooms each day. For more information, visit www.AlexsLemonade.org, or to donate to the local cause, visit www.AlexsLemonade.org/KCLemonade.

Johnson County Hy-Vee store locations participating include: 12200 State Line Road, Leawood; 13400 West 87th Parkway, Lenexa; 6655 Martway, Mission; 16100 W. 135th St. and 18101 W. 119th St., Olathe; 13550 W. 63rd St., Shawnee; 7620 State Line Road, Prairie Village; and 11552 W. 95th St., 6801 W. 91st St. and 8900 W. 135th St., Overland Park.

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