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babylonsister

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Sun Jun 29, 2014, 06:56 PM Jun 2014

Zack’s Shack: Boy’s Lemonade and Cookies Buy Wheelchairs for World’s Poor

I love this boy!!

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/zacks-shack-lemonade-buys-wheelchairs-for-worlds-poor/


Zack’s Shack: Boy’s Lemonade and Cookies Buy Wheelchairs for World’s Poor
by Good News Network - June 29, 2014



After a 6-year-old boy saw his school collecting money to buy wheelchairs for a charity that sends them overseas to developing countries, he had the idea that maybe he could buy his own wheelchair for donating. He couldn’t even pronounce the word “philanthropist”, but he became the poster boy definition of one.

Zach Francom’s lemonade and cookie stand is now in its fifth year of charity work and his efforts have to date paid for nearly 250 wheelchairs.

The annual event, staged over a single weekend around spring break in front of his family’s home, has become a Provo, Utah institution.

This past April, Zack sold 350 dozen cookies baked by his mom, Nancy Bird, and 80 quarts of lemonade, earning $5,300 – enough to buy another 37 wheelchairs (basic models now cost $143), which are shipped by LDS Philanthropies to Guatemala, Guam and 53 other countries, where a wheelchair can often cost more than a year’s wages.

His fundraising hub is online at ItFeelsGreatToGive.com and on the Zach’s Shack Facebook page.

Video at link~

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Zack’s Shack: Boy’s Lemonade and Cookies Buy Wheelchairs for World’s Poor (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2014 OP
Great, except for the LDS link. xfundy Jun 2014 #1
Wow, and I thought Caine's Arcade was cool... NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #2
K & R Lifelong Protester Jun 2014 #3
Cute Tetris_Iguana Jun 2014 #4
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