Men's Basketball | 9/26/2014 12:22:00 PM

 
NEWARK, NJ—In an effort to join the battle against childhood cancer, the NJIT Men's Basketball program will be hosting an Alex's Lemonade Stand, Saturday, September 27 from 11am to 5pm.
 
The stand will take place in Madison, NJ during the towns "Bottle Hill Day" street fair. The team will be selling cups of lemonade and cookies. Proceeds from each cup will go to help in the research for childhood cancer and its cure.
 
If you can't join the team on Saturday we ask that you please contribute through our fundraising page or text a donation.
 
Any support that you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Text the following information to donate $10.00

1. Text the number 85944 in the phone number section
2. In the texting section please put the following: Lemonade E1117680 (please include a space between the word lemonade and the E1117680)
3. Follow the directions on the confirmation to complete the donation

                      
About Childhood Cancer
Childhood cancer is a general term used to describe cancer in children occurring regularly, randomly and sparing no ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region. Childhood cancer extends to over a dozen types of cancers and a countless amount of subtypes. Just a few of these cancer types include: Ewing's sarcoma, glioma, leukemia, lymphoma, medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and Wilm's tumor. 
 
In the United States, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15. Every day, approximately 250 kids around the world die from cancer, accounting for 91,250 losing their lives to the disease every year.
 
 
About Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra "Alex" Scott (1996-2004).
 
In 2000, 4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer. Since Alex held that first stand, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement, complete with thousands of supporters across the country carrying on her legacy of hope.
 
To date, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 charity, has raised more than $75 million toward fulfilling Alex's dream of finding a cure, funding over 375 pediatric cancer research projects nationally.