College Student's Class Project Benefits Childhood Cancer Research
Keely Garcia wants to help conquer childhood cancer and score big on a project for her class at Cappella University.
Though her family has not been directly affected by childhood cancer, Keely Garcia is working to raise money to help conquer the number one killer of American kids. Garcia, 28, Racine resident and college student, has established a "For the Children" virtual lemonade stand tied to the Alex's Lemonade Stand website. For those unfamiliar with the story about Alex's Lemonade Stand, Alex Scott was a little girl with cancer who wanted to do something to help doctors find a cure. She raised $2,000 with her first lemonade stand set up in her front yard. Word got around and soon there were lemonade stands popping up in various locations across the country inspired by Scott's simple idea. Unfortunately, Scott lost her battle with cancer. By the …
