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- ABC World News Tonight: #AmericaStrong
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- Fox 19 - Holy Cross & Magnified Giving (5/6/22)
- Local 12 News (8/4/21)
- Channel 12 Follow-up (8/8/21)
- Fox 19 - Seton High School (11/1/21)
- Channel 9 News (7/28/21): Positively Cincinnati
- B105: Big Dave Show June 15, 2021
- Spectrum News Story (8/8/21)
- Local 12 News: Lemonade stand fundraiser back for 2020 despite pandemic
- Fox 19 News: Lemonade stands raise more than $32K for Cincinnati Children’s
- IdeaStream.org: A Plus: Payton Obert Sells Lemonade for Hospital Toys
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It’s TOYFUL JOYFUL day! 🎄 Each year, we struggle to find the words for this post. A portion of the toys we collect from our Lemon Giving Trees are gifted to students who reside in some of our most impoverished communities. For many, it’s the nicest (and possibly only) Christmas present they’ll receive. The pure joy, shock, and excitement on their faces as they open their gifts is one of the greatest feelings in the world and makes the endless hours we spend collecting, sorting, wrapping, and distributing all worth it. 💛🎁
New this year were our incredible emcees, George Foster and David Fulcher! David even signed the brand new footballs that many of the boys received - making their day even sweeter!!
We’re smiling SO big and hope you are too knowing what a difference you made in the lives of so many kids today!! 🍋
We`re interrupting your regularly scheduled programming of lemon tree posts with an important announcement!! 👀 Bengal Jim and Tony Da Tiger have chosen Payton`s Lemonade Stand as the beneficiary of their tailgate proceeds for the Saturday, Dec 28th, game against the Denver Broncos!! 🧡🐯
Hosted by Cincinnati`s own celebrities, they`ll also have incredible raffle prizes such as signed Bengals items, gift baskets from both @shop_charbon and @blondeandboozyllc , and MUCH MORE! You won`t want to miss this! Don`t worry if you don`t have tickets, you can still come hang out and join the fun - and support your favorite charity! 😉 Mark your calendars and we`ll see you there! It`s riverside of the stadium, catty-corner to the practice field at 1:30!
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Last week, we unburied ourselves from piles and piles AND PILES of gifts collected from our lemon trees! 🍋 We had the absolute dream team of volunteers who worked tirelessly to separate, sort, value, wrap, and then box back up to be distributed to kids and families in need! Whew - it was a lot and sometimes chaotic, but we had a blast! 😆 And, it was just what we needed to get us in the Christmas spirit!
And a big ‘thank you’ to @biggbycoffee for feeding us a delicious breakfast that kept us fueled all morning long. And, another BIG thank you for @dwyerinsuranceagency for allowing us to use their space! Without this generous offer, we wouldn’t be able to help as many kids as we’re able to through this amazing program! 🎁
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While much of what we collect via our lemon trees is given to wonderful organizations that help kids facing hardships, we are also able to directly help a few local families in need. We recently heard from a mom who had fallen on hard times and was almost too embarrassed to ask for help. Today, while she “shopped” our donations, these two adorable kiddos of hers waited so very patiently. Their eyes were the size of golf balls while they looked around the room✨So of course, we let them pick a few items out for being so good while mom spent an hour filling up two giant bags. They excitedly skipped to their car with their new toys and mom was right behind them with everything she needed for Christmas - with tears in her eyes, joy in her heart and a big smile on her face.
THIS is what Christmas is about! Being able to bless so many in our community without expecting anything in return. We can’t even imagine this moms excitement on Christmas morning being able to watch her children experience the true magic of Santa. Thank you to everyone who grabbed a lemon this holiday season! YOU are the reason we are able to do this!💛🍋🎄
And stay tuned because this years collection is one for the record books!😮
A long overdue `thank you` to everyone who ordered Gold Star Chili during our flavor maker initiative! You helped us raise over $45,000 for the FreeStore Foodbank - Truly amazing! 💛 Today, we received the sweetest surprise! Payton was gifted the most adorable engraved pot filled with engraved chili plates, all the chili essentials, and a 2024 Flavor Maker card that gives her FREE GOLD STAR FOR LIFE!!! 😱 Thank you, Gold Star, for making this whole experience an extremely memorable one!
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of supporting @risingstarsofamerica with their Annual Holiday Toy and Book Giveaway! So many kids in need were gifted with brand new toys and books! They also got to visit with Santa, satisfy their sweet tooth with lots of sweet treats, dance to some holiday music, interact with all of the Cincy mascots and, of course, enjoy some lemonade. It was a sight to behold and the smiles on their faces as they carried as many toys as their little arms could carry, was priceless. Our personal highlight was when one little girl won a brand new bike via a raffle. To see the smile on her face and the tears in her eyes as she was gifted it - whew - not a dry eye in there! Thanks, lemonade community, for helping us be able to make special events like this happen!🎄🎁💛🍋
Giving Tuesday was an incredibly successful day for us and we are simply overwhelmed with gratitude. This community never ceases to amaze us. This is batch 1 of 3 of ornaments and bracelets that have been mailed out to places, some as far as Florida! 💛
Don`t forget, this deal goes through the 31st! With a $25 donation, you`ll receive a FREE custom PLS ornament designed by the talented @sawdustandstain5 . With a $50 donation (or more) you`ll also receive our stackable beaded bracelet set! 😊
Donate online at paytonslemonadestand.org/donate/ or @paytonslemonade on Venmo!
Ornaments can also be purchased at The Holiday Shops off Harrison for a $25 donation.
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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and we have a chance to make an incredible impact for local kids facing hardships. And we can make that impact together! 💛 Every donation to Payton`s Lemonade Stand will help us to continue making a difference for local kids facing medical, personal, and economic hardships. 🎄
By donating $25, you will receive a 2024 Payton`s Lemonade Stand Ornament. By donating $50 (or more), you`ll receive an ornament and a PLS bracelet stack!
Donate online at paytonslemonadestand.org/donate/ or @paytonslemonade on Venmo!
Ornaments can also be purchased at The Holiday Shops off Harrison for a $25 donation.
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We recently heard of a need in our community through our good friend and host, Megan. Because of Megan`s keen awareness, we were able to provide middle schoolers in Newport, KY with hygiene kits that included things like toothpaste, toothbrushes, floss, deodorant, pads and combs. So many of these kids don`t have any guidance at home with good hygiene practices so it often falls on their teachers. And research shows that when their basic needs are met, their confidence goes up and they perform better in school - it`s a win all around and something we were happy to help with! A big thanks to these cuties for assembling 100 bags! 💛
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On this day, and every day, we are so thankful for the support from our lemonade community. 🍋 These are just a few messages from the last two weeks as we work to collect much needed items for kids this holiday season. Whether it is hosting a tree, making tags, picking up gifts, or making a donation; it made a big difference and we are eternally grateful! Happy Thanksgiving! 💛
It`s the season of giving and we have a gift for YOU! 🎁 Between now and December 31st, when you donate $25, you`ll receive a custom one of a kind 2024 Payton`s Lemonade Stand ornament crafted by the incredibly talented Sawdust and Stain. It`s the perfect addition to your tree! But it gets sweeter... Donate $50 (or more) and you`ll also receive one of our custom stackable beaded bracelets that we launched last spring! Keep it for yourself or gift it this holiday season! 💛
We know your social media feeds and email inboxes are flooded this time of year, but we would love for you to prayerfully consider donating to Payton`s Lemonade Stand this holiday season. 🍋 Your donation will allow us to continue to do the great work that we do for kids in our community who are facing hardships. It will also allow us to continue our amazing Community Serving Kids program that, this year alone, has provided over 226,000 pounds of items like diapers, toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap and so much more to local families in need.
Our deepest thanks to those who have already donated! Your gifts have been shipped out! 😊 We have so many exciting things planned for 2025, but we can`t do it without your help💛
Donate on our website or Venmo @paytonslemonade. Click the link in our bio for direct links!
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We’re still pinching ourselves over yesterday’s AFP Cincinnati National Philanthropy Day award ceremony! 💛 It was truly an honor to be among so many incredible honorees who are doing amazing things in our community. We are so thankful to Magnified Giving for the nomination and the beautiful introduction of Payton. We are also so thankful for our board members, partners, friends, and family who showed their support by attending the ceremony. It was an experience we won’t soon forget! 🍋
“I do it because I have a passion for helping people. And, something I’ve realized is that it only takes one person to make real change. I encourage you to be that one person in your community.” - Payton Obert
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AFP Cincinnati`s Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Honoree 🍋💛
Our Board of Advisors (and Grammy!) spent the morning doing what has become a favorite tradition of ours, preparing and serving a meal for the families at The Ronald McDonald House. 💛 These families are facing the unimaginable as they experience some of their hardest days in a city that, for many, is hundreds of miles from home. You can see the exhaustion on their faces and the sadness in their eyes, yet they still come through the line with so much gratitude for another delicious meal they don’t have to purchase or prepare. 🍋
Experiences like this are always great reminders of how lucky we are to be waking up each morning in the comfort of our own home surrounded by family and friends. Many of the toys we collect this holiday season will be donated to RMH so that they can restock their toy closet. A toy closet that provides so much happiness to kids who are facing medical hardships. 🎁
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The trees have been fluffed, the lights are now twinkling and the tags have been hung! 36 trees have been delivered and decorated and we can’t wait to see the gifts come in! We are helping SO MANY kids and teens this year - those in foster care, those in the hospital, those experiencing homelessness, and those whose families simply cannot afford Christmas. 🎄🎁
If you can’t grab a tag, you can always donate online, donate via Venmo, or shop our Amazon Wishlist and have it sent right to us!
Help us make the holidays a little bit sweeter for kids in our community!
Amazon Wish List: http://bit.ly/LemonGivingTree
Venmo: @paytonslemonade
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We had the great pleasure of being able to support a new friend of ours tonight and wait until you hear her story - it`s one you`ll want to read! Mary Pat works at the College Hill Campus of CCHMC. She works with youth who need both inpatient/outpatient care for significant behavioral health issues. Many of these youth come from extremely broken homes and arrive to her with very little clothing to call their own. This can be especially heartbreaking when they leave (many to a foster home) with nothing to take with them. Imagine the lack of self worth they must feel.
Mary Pat took it upon herself and created a thrift store within the College Hill facility that is stocked with brand new items (i.e. sweatshirts, sweatpants, pajamas, socks, underwear, bras, etc.) that is run by the patients themselves, how cool is that? Mary Pat uses her own time and money to fundraise outside of her working hours so that she can keep the thrift store stocked. She does this all outside of work! 💛
When we heard her plea, we knew we needed to help! You`ll find that many of our giving trees this year have items on them that will help stock the thrift store. Many are adult sizes because they are for the teens. So many teens need us this holiday season (from many different organizations we`ll be supporting) and we`re going to make sure they get taken care of in a big way! 🍋
We snuck into her fundraiser tonight and were able to present Mary Pat with a $500 gift card to Lane Bryant so she can shop for brand new bras for the teen girls, many of whom don`t even own one. She says the confidence these young girls exude when they are given a brand new bra will bring tears to your eyes.
We are so proud of you, Mary Pat! We can`t wait to see what we collect for you so you can help the teens who need it most.
If you aren`t able to grab a tag, you can shop for many of Mary Pat`s requested items via our Amazon Wishlist - bit.ly/LemonGivingTree 🎄
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We can`t let another day go by without thanking our amazing village for working so tirelessly to help us with all of the tedious lemon tree details that go on behind the scenes. 🍋 A HUGE shout out to members of Seton Helping Saints club for helping us to make an insane amount of tags, to volunteers Laura and Claudia (and Danno🐾) for cutting and tying an endless amount of ribbon, to Dondi for making us more beautiful bow toppers and to Payton`s grammy for making more tree skirts! Now, we`re off to deliver and decorate 36 trees! The fun is just beginning! 🎄
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Shouting from the rooftops a big `THANK YOU` to these incredibly generous businesses for hosting a Lemon Giving Tree this holiday season! 🎄🍋 Be sure to stop by one (or a few!) and grab a lemon tag and help us make the holidays a little bit sweeter for local kids facing hardships. The needs are greater this year than any year before, but we know our lemonade community will come through in a BIG way and we`re excited to be able to do this for the kids and families who need it most. 💛 Let the giving season begin!
We are so excited to finally get our hands on the November issue of Movers & Makers which features the National Philanthropy Day honorees! We see a familiar face on that cover! 😉 Only a few more weeks until Payton is presented with her award for `Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy`! Click the link in our bio to read the write up on Payton!
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We are simply over the moon to finally be able to share something we`ve been recently working on. We teamed up with our partner, Matthew 25 Ministries, and Josh Emerson from Neusquire and created a video capturing the impact that our Community Serving Kids Program has had on kids and families here locally.
We hope you`ll take a quick two minutes to watch and see just how impactful and needed this program is. And, when you choose to give this holiday season, we hope you`ll consider giving to Payton`s Lemonade Stand so that we can continue to do the important work that we do. 🍋💛
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