Chris Clegg
South Peace News
There were no thirsty people and many new young entrepreneurs in High Prairie June 14 as Lemonade Day came to town.
Lemonade Day is a fun program that teaches children how to start, own and operate their own business.
Participating children register and attend Lemonade University (take a course) to learn how to set up a business. They have to design a stand, apply for a business license, go to a business and ask for permission to set up on location, and give a community donation.
High Prairie had about half a dozen stands dotted throughout the community.
Tiffany Biener, 10, set up her Lemon Drop Stop stand in front Pizza Hut.
“I just want to know how a job would feel like,” she says.
“I’m surprised we build a stand. I thought we’d use a table.”
Her charity of choice is to donate to “people who don’t have any money.”
Adelaide Veniot set up her Sip and Sticks stand at Marigold Enterprises.
“I thought it’d be fun,” she says on why she set up a stand with her helper, Zaylee Veniot, 10.
She says the most difficult part of setting up the stand was, “You have to get up early” and what she learned most was how to prepare for the opening.
“Make everything way before,” she says. “Be prepared!”
She plans on donating part of her proceeds to High Prairie Elementary School.
“They can decide (what to do with it),” she says.
Emily Fleming returned for the second year of Lemonade Day.
“Because I had fun although it rained,” she said referring to last year.
She added potato chips for sale this year.
“I learned to do business,” says Fleming. “How you need to make (money) to pay off your float (expenses),” she says.
She is donating to the Lakeside 4-H Club at Kinuso.
Syara Borys went the extra mile at her Sigi Bears lemonade stand in front of Freson Bros. She offered the chance to win a free soccer ball to every customer who bought lemonade by entering a draw.
Free draws are a good way to bring in customers, Borys says.
