Alex's Lemonade Stand
| “ | I, as a charitable individual, like helping others, and Children are our future. So, I am participating during the weekend to help the cause to cure cancer in children, so they all can grow into fine, healthy adults. | ” |
| Chris, being ironic. | ||
Alex's Lemonade Stand is a charity program that was set up by Lego in conjunction with their "Friends" theme, which is intended for little girls. Chris, being the Tomgirl and fan of Lego that he is, has pledged to set up a lemonade stand in hopes of raising money for his "father who died of cancer", despite the fact Bob actually died of heart failure. Although his reasoning for creating the stand is still unclear, he may have thought that the money would go to him so he could buy more vidya.
The event
According to the event page, entitled "Cwcville Helps", Chris was originally running a lemonade stand for all three days of the event - from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m on Friday, June 8 through Sunday, June 10, 2012, more work than Chris has done since Cutco ditched him nine years ago. The stand was originally to be set up outside Chris's house, then moved to the old Circuit City building, 100 Albemarle Square, Charlottesville, and then to Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. The initial fundraising goal of US$50 was quickly met after donations from Chris's friends, neighbors and fans, as well as some more sinister figures, such as Clyde Cash and the Man in the Pickle Suit. As of June 2, the total amount of donations exceeded $150, although Chris never changed his original donation goal.
The page was later deleted, for reasons unknown; it is likely that Chris decided that raising money for dying children wasn't worth the stress of hearing mean things from trolls. It resurfaced at the beginning of June with the new location listed as his church.
As of June 10, Chris has successfully hosted the lemonade stand (with some help from his congregation and UVA students) and pledged to give the money towards the organization the following day[citation needed]. Notably, this is one of the few incidents where Chris has both followed through on his promise, and positively contributed towards the community.
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