In 2014, I was five-years-old and had a simple desire. I wanted to have a lemonade stand to benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in Lee County. In person at my driveway's edge and in living rooms with laptops, friends, family, neighbors, and strangers helped me raise more than $1600 that first year to help those impacted by cancer. Since then, the lemonade stand continues to raise between $1500-3000 annually and has grown with donations made to multiple health-related charitable organizations and causes in the community. It's hard to believe that this is the twelfth year of the charitable lemonade stand, and that this year for my Governor's Page Service Project, the event reins were handed to me fully. This lemonade stand has become one of our most beloved family traditions. It keeps on going. Leading the initiative this time independently, I felt a keen responsibility to have a solid and successful event. Since 2014, the annual event raised over $28,000 to benefit Relay for Life of Lee County/American Cancer Society, Highway to Healing, Helping Hands Clinic, and other health-related causes in our community. This year (like those before) the funds earned were divided between a number of deserving groups in the Sanford/Lee County/central North Carolina area. The lemonade stand event itself was held on Monday, November 3, 2025 from 3 - 6 p.m. at 148 Brookfield Circle in Sanford, NC 27330. Donors also could contribute online. Hours and hours of marketing, baking, and set-up culminated in dozens of customers and dozens more online. The 2025 lemonade stand raised $2,806, bringing the grand total since 2014 to $31,429.25. After tear-down and celebrating the joy in fellowship and the pride in helping make a difference to others, it was time to contribute online and write checks for the mail to the groups we supported. I also thanked in writing those who helped the most as "guest bakers" and stayed to help with customer rushes. Because I know the impact of health challenges like cancer already, this service feels less like work and more like a mission. My grandfather died of lung cancer at age 46 before I was born. My grandmother, who died in 2022, was a breast cancer survivor and battled diabetes. I helped nurse my BRCA 1 positive mom after her surgeries. I know other family members, friends, neighbors, and community members hurt by diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and mental illness. Through this event, however, I feel like I continue to take a stand for good. That the project became truly and fully mine this year gives me pride at seeing what I can organize, facilitate, and accomplish.