A little juice can go a long way. Three beaming little girls arrived at the Centre for Child Development Monday morning clutching bags full of money to prove just that.
Aubrey Leeson, 2, Ryley Patterson, 8, and Chloe Gravel-Fallis, 5, together raised more than $800 this summer for the Centre for Child Development at Surrey events with their homemade juice stand.
91裸聊视频淚t feels good,91裸聊视频� said a proud Ryley. 91裸聊视频淣ext time we want to raise money for cancer research.91裸聊视频�
The girls had their stand set up at Canada Day, Fusion Festival, all four Movies Under the Stars at Holland Park, as well as the Eat Play Live Well Street Fair.
They sold at least 750 juice boxes for $1 a pop 91裸聊视频� all donated by SunRype 91裸聊视频� and pulled in exactly $857.
Chloe91裸聊视频檚 mom Tracey Gravel said in past years, they91裸聊视频檝e sold lemonate but because they were hitting large events this year, she wanted to find a more streamlined way to sell juice.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e done lemonade and it91裸聊视频檚 a lot of mixing and prepping,91裸聊视频� she explained. 91裸聊视频淔or a busy event, we weren91裸聊视频檛 sure how that would work. So we thought, 91裸聊视频榃hy don91裸聊视频檛 we look at a local juice company?91裸聊视频� The first one we thought of with SunRype91裸聊视频� and they were on board right away, they delivered 1,000 juice boxes.91裸聊视频�
Then Gravel got to work constructing the juice stand.
After a few visits to Pinterest, she decided to use some pallets and wooden crates to make what looked like a real lemonade stand 91裸聊视频� not just a table, like they91裸聊视频檇 used in past years.
91裸聊视频淚t worked out really well, looks really cute,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 stained it, and my son helped by painting a chalk board on the sign, so we can reuse it.91裸聊视频�
This wasn91裸聊视频檛 the girl91裸聊视频檚 first rodeo.
In fact, they91裸聊视频檝e done about eight events previously, by Gravel91裸聊视频檚 count, which have benefited such organizations as Surrey Christmas Bureau and Surrey Food Bank.
91裸聊视频淚t probably started with Ryley when she was around two or three years old,91裸聊视频� she said.
Ryley and Aubrey are great nieces of Downtown Surrey BIA manager Bonnie Burnside, and Ryley began going to the Christmas Bureau with Burnside.
91裸聊视频淪he would take her there to donate toys around Christmastime. When Chloe got to about two, I took her for the first time and she donated toys. Then we started thinking, 91裸聊视频榃hat else can we do?91裸聊视频� So we put on our first spaghetti dinner and raised more money and more toys for the Christmas Bureau.
91裸聊视频淭hey love it,91裸聊视频� said Gravel of the fundraising. 91裸聊视频淭hey look forward to it. They do a lot of the planning. The event where we recycling car seats, they came up with all of the activities and all of the ideas. They91裸聊视频檙e all very outgoing girls and they91裸聊视频檙e very passionate about what they91裸聊视频檙e doing and they love helping people.91裸聊视频�
While Ryley and Aubrey are cousins, Chloe is a close family friend.
They jokingly call each other 91裸聊视频渟ister cousins,91裸聊视频� said Gravel.
This was Aubrey91裸聊视频檚 first year and Gravel said 91裸聊视频渟he did wonderful.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淪he was the juice fetcher,91裸聊视频� she laughed, 91裸聊视频渁nd the other girls helped make change.91裸聊视频�
At the Centre for Child Development Monday, the girls dropped the money off and then, as kids should, got in some precious play time.
Standing beside the playground, Centre for Child Development (CCD) CEO Gerard Bremault said the girls are 91裸聊视频渋nspiring.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淔or me, what91裸聊视频檚 interesting about this, what91裸聊视频檚 most rewarding about it, is seeing children helping children and making an effort,91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 always challenging to raise funds in support of charitable causes and for the Centre for Child Development, to have children taking the initiative to reach out to other families, to residents, participants, and say hey, we can support kids together.
91裸聊视频淏eing so proactive about it, it91裸聊视频檚 role modelling for other kids but it also gives you hope as you look forward.91裸聊视频�
He said national trends are showing a dip in charitable giving, but seeing the efforts of these young girls 91裸聊视频済ives me hope for the future.91裸聊视频�
Bremault said the CCD helped 2,700 children last year, and another 200 came through Sophie91裸聊视频檚 Place, who have been abused.
But there are many more children who need help, he stressed.
91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 27,000 children with a disability of any type in the South Fraser region. And, recent data came out form the World Health Organization and others indicating that sadly, the number of children who are abused is about 30 times more than what91裸聊视频檚 reported91裸聊视频�.. There91裸聊视频檚 an enormous need.91裸聊视频�
He praised the girls91裸聊视频� spirit, and said they are 91裸聊视频渢hey91裸聊视频檙e real role models for families overall about what we can do to help our neighbours.91裸聊视频�
For more information about the CCD, or to donate, visit
