5-Year Old Girl Stands Up To Westboro Hate Group With Lemonade Stand - Raises Thousands For Peace

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http://www.freshcassette.com/


BENEFITING: Planting Peace
THE STORY:

Jayden, a 5 1/2 year old beautiful girl, will be selling lemonade on the front lawn of the Equality House with an ole’ fashioned lemonade stand. 100% of proceeds from the sales will go directly towards the work of Planting Peace. Let's show Jayden how powerful philanthropy can be! Come on your lunch break, bring your kids, and have a good time with us!

http://www.crowdrise.com/jaydenslemonade/fundraiser/Planting-Peace

A five-year old little girl named Jayden, after finding out about the concept of the Westboro Baptist Church, decided she wanted to offset their hate by raising money for peace. The daughter of Jon Sink (founder of FRESHCASSETE) set up her lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro compound, at the LGBT Equality House, which was purchased by the founder of Planting Peace, and intentionally painted with the Pride rainbow colors. Jayden raised $400 on June 14, and she has raised over $1000 with an online campaign.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/15/1216471/-5-Year-Old-Girl-Takes-A-Peace-Lemonade-Stand-Against-Westboro-Hate-Group

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1. (more...) 5-year-old girl takes on Westboro with lemonade stand

A 5-year-old girl who set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., on Friday raised more than $10,000 in the name of peace.

Jayden Sink, with more than a little help from her father, Jon, sold "Pink Lemonade for Peace" from her stand outside the Equality House, a rainbow-painted building across the street from the controversial church's headquarters on Friday. According to Jon, his daughter got more than $170 in cash and more than $10,000 in online donations through Crowdrise. The money went to Planting Peace, a nonprofit that owns the Equality House.

Supporters of the Westboro Baptist Church—which has become infamous for its homophobic protests at soldiers' funerals—reportedly hurled insults at the pair and their customers, including more than a dozen active soldiers from the nearby Fort Riley military base who arrived at the lemonade stand on motorcycles.

"They hung out for quite a while and definitely showed their support," Jon Sink wrote in a blog post.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-upbeat/girl-westboro-lemonade-stand-140819768.html