Over twenty years ago, Liz Scott got a call from one of the owners of a racehorse named Afleet Alex. The person on the line mentioned they had a horse that was "pretty good" and they’d been donating anonymously to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) whenever the horse won. They wanted to keep donating, but go public with their support.
The caller, one of the horse’s co-owners, asked Liz what she thought.
“I knew nothing about horse racing at the time,” recalled Liz, “But my husband, Jay, and I thought, why not?”
Their daughter and ALSF founder, Alex, had died less a year before, leaving the Scotts with broken hearts, but with a mission. Alex had raised over $1 million for childhood cancer through her lemonade stands with the help of other supporters and stand hosts all across the country. After her death, Liz and Jay grappled with how to continue Alex’s incredible work without Alex present — should they keep going or stop?
Soon, the Scotts would learn that the owners had been m...
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