Over Labor Day weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio, two kids decided to have a lemonade stand to finish off summer the right way. After making about $150 in the weekend span, the parents wanted to teach Beatrice Weidner and Jack Zerbe about being generous with their money. They decided to donate their money to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, which wasn’t just a random choice. The hospital has a special place in Beatrice and her mothers heart. When Beatrice was only six months old, she was diagnosed with a rare liver disease, and was in need of a liver transplant. After many months of waiting, they found out her mother, Hillary Weidner was a perfect match.
In a recent interview, Hillary says, “There’s over 100,000 people right now on a waiting list. And so we want to donate funds towards a place that can help change that”. They advertised on social media to get the word out and within a short amount of time they raised $50,000. They managed to reach this goal only a couple of days.
Anyone interested in reaching out to the Weidner family to donate to their cause can visit Hillary’s Instagram account @hillaryKweidner or donate to her Venmo, @hillary-Weidner.
It’s amazing what social media can do to promote a business, especially when it is for a good cause. Young kids can do a great job of rallying people for a cause mostly due to a factor of their age.
As an Ohio native myself, I love seeing my fellow Ohioans making a difference. It really is the heart of it all. Anyway, my first comment is people are way more generous at lemonade stands now then they were when I was a kid $150 in a weekend? That was unheard of for me. We were lucky if we got $40. However, good parenting move. Not only was this a good lesson point, but no kids need $150 in their pocket. Secondly, what they chose to use their money for is inspiring. Having known someone on a organ waiting list, I recognize how scary that can be. That’s a worthy cause and the fact that the kids understood the need and did something about it is incredible.
I think that these kind businesses really take off on social media thanks to publicity on sites like gofundme and crowdrise. Also people love a good cause.
This is so heartwarming. I love that these two young kids parents wanted to teach them good morals and helped them in donating the money they made back to a good cause. This was probably not the most covered thing in the news, however it was something that made a difference and it all started with a young entrepreneur and the idea to sell lemonade.
This is so precious! I love that such a simplistic idea like a lemonade stand could cause such a ripple of love and support to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. I also really appreciate the fact that these kids parents taught their children about giving back to their community with their hard earned money.