Alexandra "Alex" Scott was born to Jay and Liz Scott in Manchester, Connecticut on January 18, 1996, the second of four children.Shortly before her first birthday, Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer. On her first birthday, the doctors informed Alex's parents that if she beat her cancer it was doubtful that she would ever walk again. Just two weeks later, Alex slightly moved her leg at her parents' request to kick, the first indication of who she would turn out to be-a determined, courageous, confident and inspiring child with big dreams and big accomplishments.
By her second birthday, Alex was crawling and able to stand up with leg braces. She worked hard to gain strength and to learn how to walk. She appeared to be beating the odds, until the shattering discovery within the next year that her tumors had started growing again. In the year 2000, the day after her fourth birthday, Alex received a stem cell transplant and informed her mother, "When I get out of the hospital I want to have a lemonade stand." She said she wanted to give the money to the doctors to help them find a cure. True to her word, she held her first lemonade stand later that year and raised an amazing $2000 for "her hospital."
While bravely battling her own cancer, Alex continued to hold yearly lemonade stands in her front yard to benefit childhood cancer research. News spread of the remarkable sick child dedicated to helping other sick children. People from all over the world, moved by her story, held their own lemonade stands and donated the proceeds to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.
In August of 2004, Alex passed away at the age of 8, knowing that, with the help of others, she had raised over $1 million to help find a cure for the disease that took her life. Alex's family-including brothers Patrick, Eddie, and Joey and supporters are committed to continuing her inspiring legacy through Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.
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I think its wonderful that it was carried on also. When the world first heard about Alex, we all cried. Now we thank her for her braveness and her sweetness. I'm experiencing Cancer with my loved one right now and its hard, but you have to keep the faith!! Take it day by day!
i can't make a blog so i decided to make it a comment. one day as i walked into wawa i got the same drink as uasual alex's lemonade. but it was that day that i read the info on the bottle. and then i saw the documentery on tv. almost exactly when it finished i went n the computer to find i was i can help. nd i did. last summer i had a lemonade stand and made $207. and i can not wait untill this summer. so i can help again. i am only 13. and almost everyday i think about this june and how i want to host a lemonade stand. i don't have cancer but thats not gonna stop me from helping other kids that do. us kids are our future and we can make a difference. i hope we do. i hope we find a cure. i even shed i tear once in while wheni think about what Alex did to help and how now many of other kids help to. we will find a cure. i know we will it may take some time but we will.
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