Spokane Applebee's Participating In Cancer Fundraiser

SPOKANE, WA — Applebee's restaurants across Washington are raising money this summer for pediatric cancer research with the nonprofit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF).

Through Aug. 11, Applebee's will be selling pins in $1 and $5 increments, and the proceeds will go to the foundation. The chain is also selling special lemonade drinks, and a portion of those sales will go to ALSF.

The foundation was started two decades ago by Alexandra "Alex" Scott, a Connecticut girl who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at age 1. After receiving a stem cell transplant in 2000, she asked her parents if she could set up a lemonade stand and donate the money to cancer research.

Scott died in 2004, but the charity has lived on, raising money primarily through charity lemonade sales held across the country.

The Puget Sound Applebee's locations participating in the fundraiser include: Auburn, Bellevue (Factoria and Bel-Red), Bothel, Bonney Lake, Covington, Kent, Everett (Everett Mall and Mill Creek), Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Lacey, Lakewood, Lynnwood, Olympia, Puyallup (Graham and Meridian), Renton, Spokane (Mission/Pine, North Pointe and South Hill), Tacoma, Tukwila, University Place, and Wenatchee.