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By Michael Barnes
| Monday, April 27, 2009, 12:51 PM
Are you ready for Lemonade Day? That’s the May 3 Austin launch of the nationwide project to turn children into entrepreneurs and philanthropists. The second annual installment of Lemonade Day in Houston attracted 11,600 stands which grossed $1.3 million. Of that, $220,000 went to charities.
In preparation for a Austin’s Lemonade Day, the Austin Children’s Museum, with help from the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence, the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas and other backers, staged a lemonade-tasting contest. The celebrity judges included Austin City Council Member Randi Shade, designer Kendra Scott, chef (not police chief) Art Acevedo, Acton’s Georgia Thompsen and Rachel Davison, Edible Austin’s Marla Camp and yours truly. KVUE sports guy Mike Barnes acted as emcee.
We tasted some incredibly varied lemonades. Receiving a special award for his sugar-free, apple-based drink with its carefully calculated nutritional content was Rohit Srinivasan, helped by his brother Sidharth. Top prize went Kaitlyn McWilliams for her Pink Twinkle-Ade (that’s her with judge Kendra Scott). Max Messina and Sarita Lozano-Sanchez sweetened places Nos. 3 and 2.
Watch out for the thirst quenchers and others on sale all over town next Sunday.
Photo by Chris Caselli
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By kaitlyn mcwilliams
April 29, 2009 7:31 PM | Link to this
that is me i cant belevthis i am on everything