From June 18th to September 7th, Inc.com celebrated the entrepreneurial spirit of America's youth with its fourth annual Best Lemonade Stand in America Contest. Meet our eight weekly winners from this summer and hear what they have to say about running a business.
Kelsey McAdams, Age 10, Fayette, Alabama
Lemonade Stand: Lemon Squisher's Lemonade
Money Earned: $600
Fun Fact: Kelsey designed T-shirts for her and her cousins to wear while selling lemonade.
Read Kelsey's entry
Tommy Walters, Age 11, Silverdale, Washington
Lemonade Stand: Tommy's Lemonade
Money Earned: $1,000
Fun Fact: For the past two years, Tommy has used his lemonade earnings to pay for an annual trip to the All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship in Akron, Ohio
Read Tommy's entry
Jaelyn Nelson, Age 10, Burnet, Texas
Lemonade Stand: Relay for Life Lemonade
Money Earned: $175
Fun Fact: Jaelyn started her lemonade stand to help her dad raise more money for his Relay for Life team for cancer research.
Read Jaelyn's entry
Wyatt, Karson, Harmony, & Haylea Mraz, Ages 10, 9, 7 & 7, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Lemonade Stand: Best Choice Lemonade
Money Earned: $586
Fun Fact: These four siblings set up their stand in the parking lot of the Choice Bank where their mom works. The bank pledged a matching donation to their Habitat for Humanity cause.
Read their entry
Sarah Connor, Age 10, Northport, New York
Lemonade Stand: Lemon-Aid
Money Earned: $400
Fun Fact: Sarah started her own Lemon-Aid foundation and website to raise money for several charities. For four years she has run the stand along a parade route in her hometown.
Read Sarah's entry
Jacob Mozer, Age 12, Blue Springs, Missouri
Lemonade Stand: Alex's Lemonade Stand
Money Earned: $9,000 total, including both lemonade and merchandise
Fun Fact: Jacob's lemonade stand, which he sets up every year to raise money for childhood cancer research, has become so well-known in the community that local businesses donate all of his supplies.
Read Jacob's entry
Abigail Durst, Age 7, Greer, South Carolina
Lemonade Stand: Lemonade Stand for Greenville Humane Society
Money Earned: $3,600
Fun Fact: Abigail's dog Zeke is from the Greenville Humane Society and she plans to give all her lemonade earnings to the organization to help other pets find loving homes.
Read Abigail's entry
Kamalani and Brayden Fielder, Ages 9 & 6, Reston, Virginia
Lemonade Stand: Carmen and Pit's lemonade stand
Money Earned: $1,700
Fun Fact: Siblings Kamalani and Brayden have become part of the local Farmer's Market, sharing their lemonade with other vendors, and promoting environmental responsibility -- they serve lemonade out of compostable cups!
Read Kamalani and Brayden's entry
Vote for your favorite lemonade stand here!
