Boy's Lemonade Stand Raises $80,000 for Cancer Research

When Max Igoe was 5 years old, His mother's best friend Beth Rorman, 37, lost her battle with breast cancer. Seeing the pain of his mother, a young 5 year old decided to make a stand against cancer. He started a lemonade stand to raise money towards a cure. "It's just the first thing that popped into my head," said Max, Now 14 years old. He told his mom that the money raised from the stand would go towards breast cancer research and maybe even help them discover a cure. "I explained to him that it wasn't the olden days that people don't buy lemonade from peoples' driveways like they used to,"says Nicki, Max's mother. But she didn't want to discourage him especially while he was mourning his "Auntie Beth's" passing. So she has been helping him mix juice, prop up tables to distribute hundreds of gallons of sweet pink lemonade, numerous raffles, "casino-night" fundraisers and days of labor for the last 9 years. Max has surpassed his wildest dreams by earning over $80,000 and still going. His goal is 1 million dollars and a cure. Lemonade-Stand-for-Cancer-Research Video We can all learn from Max's selfless actions at such a young age. Which goes to show that you don't have to have an abundance of things or money to help others. You just have to find something you believe in that's a bigger cause or something bigger than yourself. Find your way to help the world.

"The Sparkle Effect"

There is a new epidemic flooding across the nation. Something called "The Sparkle Effect". It is a program with the High School Cheerleaders across the United States. They are adding students with special needs to the squads. "The Sparkle Effect" is a student-run program that helps create Dance Teams and Cheerleading squads that adds students with disabilities and special needs to help give confidence in a social environments. There are actually grants available to help with the purchases of uniforms and equipment. I look at this and think about the positive impact of being on a team had for me. I learned teamwork, dedication, responsibility, perseverance, social interaction, and belief just to name a few. Being apart of a team gives you something that is bigger than yourself and gives you something to fight for. I was blessed to have the opportunity to experience that and now, thanks to these high school kids, students with disabilities and special needs will experience the same thing.

Relationship Advice from Barry BA Bailey

A womans need for attention will make her believe the man doesnt care...
A mans need for sex will make him seem like its all he wants...
 We are different species who expect different things from each other and complain when they are not present when the fact is, nobody wants to take the risk and give more than they receive because the trust between us is fading. Men use women, Women use men. Truth hurts, reality stings, love bites and trust is tricky...Life is about risks...take em or die

Boy, 8, donates $1,000 prize to little girl, 2, with leukemia

Wyatt ,8, was told by his mother about the First Clover Leaf Bank’s summer Scavenger Hunt. The winner would receive a cool $1,000! Immediately he said  "Let’s do this to help Cara!" Cara Kielty is a 2 year old girl who lives on the same block as Wyatt and she was diagnosed with Leukemia in May of this year. With the inspiration of doing something completely free of self benefit, Wyatt won the scavenger hunt. He immediately called Cara's mom and said "I won!" she replied "No you didn't" He insisted "Yes I did!" She responded "No you didn't--You're joking" then he said "Here! Talk to my mom". Once the Kielty's realized Wyatt did actually win they couldn't imagine taking money from a 8 year old. Trisha Kielty said “My husband said the same thing. We’re adults — that would be ridiculous, right?” But once Wyatt won he asked his parents “How much chemotherapy will this buy Cara?” After much persuasion the Kielty's realized how much this meant to Wyatt to be able to help. “I didn’t know what I would do with $1,000,” Wyatt said. “But I knew what (the Kieltys) could do with it. I knew they weren’t getting a lot of work done, because they were taking care of Cara all the time.”...........This shows us the power and ability we have and the things we can achieve if from time to time we would just take ourselves out of the equation and do something for someone else. No one told this 8 year old boy that he had to do it, he saw someone in need and acted on it. Let's learn from Wyatt and do the same for someone this week!