Lemonade Day National Team “Wowed” by Support and Success of Lemonade Day Brooklyn Program
By Steven Gordon, Lemonade Day National President
Hats off to Bryan Guadagno, Lemonade Day Brooklyn City Director and City Champion! Bryan and a long list of sponsors, community leaders, elected officials, regulatory agencies, and Lemonade Day business owners, mentors and volunteers hosted a very successful Lemonade Day Brooklyn event yesterday in McCarren Park. And we are thankful to Fox 5 New York and News 12 Brooklyn, as well as other news outlets, that covered the event!
Be That Kid Foundation, the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, and Dawn Foods hosted Lemonade Day Brooklyn. Andrew Gounardes kicked off the event at 10 a.m. with an official proclamation designating July 30, 2018 as Lemonade Day in Brooklyn. Gounardes, a candidate for the New York State Senate, is serving as a representative of Eric Adams, president of the Brooklyn borough.
Other special guests who were invited to the July 30 Lemonade Day Brooklyn event included The Honorable Alicka Ampry-Samuel, New York City Council representative for the 41st District; Evelyn Cruz, the Brooklyn District Director supporting The Honorable Nydia Velázquez, representative for New York’s 7th Congressional District; entertainer Kid Glyde; The Honorable Stephen Levin, New York City Council representative for the 33rd District; The Honorable Joseph Lentol, assemblyman for the 50th District of the New York State Assembly; and The Honorable Latrice Walker, assemblywoman for the 55th District of the New York State Assembly.
More than 1 million kids have participated in Lemonade Day events in the United States and Canada since 2007. Bryan has been involved in Lemonade Day since 2013, when he was living and working in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Lemonade Day Brooklyn organizers secured all required permits with the support of many local elected officials, governmental agencies, community leaders, and businesses to host Brooklyn’s second public Lemonade Day event. Lemonade Day teaches valuable skills such as business planning, financial management, marketing and sales, customer service, and social responsibility. Lemonade Day youth are encouraged to “spend some, save some, and share some” of the profits with a charity of their choice.
“We are extremely thankful to our elected officials for believing in Lemonade Day and what this program represents. We are also especially thankful to all regulatory agency personnel for assisting us in securing several necessary permits—including a temporary food service establishment permit and a special event permit,” Guadagno explained prior to the event. “We have a licensed food safety certificate that will be displayed at the park. We also have secured other appropriate authorizations and insurances to comply with rules and regulations.”
Guadagno explained that the vendors who hosted Lemonade Day Brooklyn lemonade stands are young people who are participating in the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation’s summer camp. Most of these young people live in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn.
“When I moved to New York several years ago, I realized that there was a huge need to teach young people business skills and to promote financial literacy. Lemonade Day empowers youth from all socio-economic backgrounds to become financially independent, which has a long-term positive impact on them, their family, their community, and society,” Guadagno added.
Lemonade Day Brooklyn leaders value the support of many parents, mentors, and volunteers along with sponsors and community partners such as True Citrus, Original Soupman, Spectrum Group Management, Vector Media, the Small Business Development Center-Brooklyn, Victory Capital, TaylorAid, Talenthouse, Medgar Evers College, LIU Brooklyn, Kid’s Breaking League, and Travis Law PLLC. Health conscious baker Karla Salinari has also been extremely supportive.
About Lemonade Day
Founded in Houston in 2007 by Michael and Lisa Holthouse, Lemonade Day is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching every child across North America the business and financial skills that are the key ingredients of entrepreneurship. By learning these skills early in life, children will be better prepared to be successful, financially healthy adults. Through our fun, hands-on program, kids K-5 are empowered to start their very own business—a lemonade stand—and experience the feeling of earning real money, using 100% of their profit to spend, save and share based on their own goals.
Lemonade Day is hosted in 72 territories in North America and is growing. Over the past 11 years, we have served more than 1 million kids in our youth entrepreneur programs. Within the next five years, Lemonade Day leaders estimate that 250,000 mentors and millions more kids will be hosting lemonade stands in North America and on other continents throughout the world. Please visit www.lemonadeday.org to learn more.
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By Steven Gordon, Lemonade Day National President
Hats off to Bryan Guadagno, Lemonade Day Brooklyn City Director and City Champion! Bryan and a long list of sponsors, community leaders, elected officials, regulatory agencies, and Lemonade Day business owners, mentors and volunteers hosted a very successful Lemonade Day Brooklyn event yesterday in McCarren Park. And we are thankful to Fox 5 New York and News 12 Brooklyn, as well as other news outlets, that covered the event!
Be That Kid Foundation, the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation, and Dawn Foods hosted Lemonade Day Brooklyn. Andrew Gounardes kicked off the event at 10 a.m. with an official proclamation designating July 30, 2018 as Lemonade Day in Brooklyn. Gounardes, a candidate for the New York State Senate, is serving as a representative of Eric Adams, president of the Brooklyn borough.
Other special guests who were invited to the July 30 Lemonade Day Brooklyn event included The Honorable Alicka Ampry-Samuel, New York City Council representative for the 41st District; Evelyn Cruz, the Brooklyn District Director supporting The Honorable Nydia Velázquez, representative for New York’s 7th Congressional District; entertainer Kid Glyde; The Honorable Stephen Levin, New York City Council representative for the 33rd District; The Honorable Joseph Lentol, assemblyman for the 50th District of the New York State Assembly; and The Honorable Latrice Walker, assemblywoman for the 55th District of the New York State Assembly.
More than 1 million kids have participated in Lemonade Day events in the United States and Canada since 2007. Bryan has been involved in Lemonade Day since 2013, when he was living and working in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Lemonade Day Brooklyn organizers secured all required permits with the support of many local elected officials, governmental agencies, community leaders, and businesses to host Brooklyn’s second public Lemonade Day event. Lemonade Day teaches valuable skills such as business planning, financial management, marketing and sales, customer service, and social responsibility. Lemonade Day youth are encouraged to “spend some, save some, and share some” of the profits with a charity of their choice.
“We are extremely thankful to our elected officials for believing in Lemonade Day and what this program represents. We are also especially thankful to all regulatory agency personnel for assisting us in securing several necessary permits—including a temporary food service establishment permit and a special event permit,” Guadagno explained prior to the event. “We have a licensed food safety certificate that will be displayed at the park. We also have secured other appropriate authorizations and insurances to comply with rules and regulations.”
Guadagno explained that the vendors who hosted Lemonade Day Brooklyn lemonade stands are young people who are participating in the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation’s summer camp. Most of these young people live in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn.
“When I moved to New York several years ago, I realized that there was a huge need to teach young people business skills and to promote financial literacy. Lemonade Day empowers youth from all socio-economic backgrounds to become financially independent, which has a long-term positive impact on them, their family, their community, and society,” Guadagno added.
Lemonade Day Brooklyn leaders value the support of many parents, mentors, and volunteers along with sponsors and community partners such as True Citrus, Original Soupman, Spectrum Group Management, Vector Media, the Small Business Development Center-Brooklyn, Victory Capital, TaylorAid, Talenthouse, Medgar Evers College, LIU Brooklyn, Kid’s Breaking League, and Travis Law PLLC. Health conscious baker Karla Salinari has also been extremely supportive.
About Lemonade Day
Founded in Houston in 2007 by Michael and Lisa Holthouse, Lemonade Day is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching every child across North America the business and financial skills that are the key ingredients of entrepreneurship. By learning these skills early in life, children will be better prepared to be successful, financially healthy adults. Through our fun, hands-on program, kids K-5 are empowered to start their very own business—a lemonade stand—and experience the feeling of earning real money, using 100% of their profit to spend, save and share based on their own goals.
Lemonade Day is hosted in 72 territories in North America and is growing. Over the past 11 years, we have served more than 1 million kids in our youth entrepreneur programs. Within the next five years, Lemonade Day leaders estimate that 250,000 mentors and millions more kids will be hosting lemonade stands in North America and on other continents throughout the world. Please visit www.lemonadeday.org to learn more.
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