AMAZING KIDS

ALEXANDRA 'ALEX' SCOTT

Alexandra "Alex" Scott was born in Connecticut in 1996, and was

diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer, shortly

before she turned 1. In 2000, just after turning 4 years old, she

informed her mother she wanted to start a lemonade stand to

raise money for doctors to "help other kids, like they helped me."

Her first lemonade stand raised $2,000 and led to the creation of

the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Alex continued her

lemonade stands throughout her life, ultimately raising over $1 million

toward cancer research. She passed away in August 2004 at the age of 8. 

Today, Alex’s Lemonade Stand sponsors a national fundraising weekend

every June called Lemonade Days. Each year, as many as 10,000

volunteers at more than 2,000 Alex’s Lemonade Stands

around the nation make a difference for children with cancer.

Ryan Hreljac

In 1998, 6-year-old Ryan Hreljac was shocked to learn that children in

Africa had to walk many kilometers every day just to fetch water.

Ryan decided he needed to build a well for a village in Africa. By doing

household chores and public speaking on clean water issues, Ryan’s

first well was built in 1999 at the Angolo Primary School in a northern

Ugandan village. Ryan’s determination led to Ryan’s Well Foundation,

which has completed 667 projects in 16 countries, bringing access to

clean water and sanitation to more than 714,000 people.

Currently, Ryan is a 20-year-old college student at

University of King’s College in Halifax.