UPS Store Delivers for Alex's Lemonade Stand

At The UPS Store centers in Bryn Mawr, Exton, Lionville, Phoenixville, Tredyffrin, Wayne, West Chester, Wynnewood and Philadelphia, employees will build creative lemonade stands out of cardboard boxes, decorate them in Alex’s signature yellow and blue color scheme, and greet their customers with homemade baked goods and coolers full of lemonade. The Alex’s Lemonade Stands will be held at each store this Saturday, Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The fundraising success will be a true team effort, with customers donating cash and employees donating their time to promote and work at the lemonade stands. In addition, the stores will match 10 percent of every dollar raised and donate it to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.

For the employees of the eight area The UPS Store locations, the concept of service extends beyond the retail counter. In 2012, the stores hosted Alex’s Lemonade stands for the first time, raising $4,200 to help fight childhood cancer. In 2013, the team set out to more than double its previous total, setting an ambitious fundraising target of $10,000.

With customers, store owners, and employees all pitching in, they far surpassed their goal, raising a total of $15,928.22 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. This year, they are shooting for $20,000.

“Every day, we work to come up with new ways to make a difference through the service we provide to our customers,” said Khia Preston, Director of Business Development for the eight stores. “But we also feel very connected to the communities we work in, and we wanted to make a difference for those communities, and help our customers make a difference, too.

Store owners Daniel Brady, Kevin Brady, and Stephen Brady, brothers and lifelong area residents who opened their first location in 1989, first became involved with the fundraiser as a way to give back.

“Our stores have donated mailbox services to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for years, so we already had a relationship with the organization,” Daniel Brady said.

The fundraiser locations are: