By Vida Leon-Burns & Piper Miura
Monthly donors Alma and Megan are the proud parents of Vida, 11, and Mateo, 5. Last year, Vida and her friend Piper raised close to $200 through a lemonade stand – and donated the funds to the Food Bank. “It’s important to teach our kids their place in the world, “ Alma says. Vida joined her moms in the movement to uproot hunger, will you?
Are you inspired to make your own lemonade? Check out Vida and Piper’s “Cash-Making Lemonade” recipe!
Makes about 3 3/4 cups of Lemonade – Feel free to double it to make extra!
Ingredients
- 6 lemons
- 2 ½ tablespoons of white sugar
- 2 ½ cups water
Directions
- Cut lemons in half (makes about 1 ¼ cups of lemon juice)
- Squeeze lemons into a pitcher
- Pour 2 ½ cups of water into pitcher and stir (if you want it more lemony, reduce to 2 cups)
- Add 2 ½ tablespoons white sugar
- Taste and add more sugar if you’d like it sweeter