{"id":302557,"date":"2023-11-29T18:40:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=302557"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:33:39","slug":"texas-girl-14k-pregnancy-center-lemonade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-girl-14k-pregnancy-center-lemonade\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas girl raises more than $14K for pregnancy center by selling lemonade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) A pregnancy center in Decatur, Texas, is the grateful recipient of devotion, care, and fundraising from the White family.<\/p>\n

Berry White and his wife Lee first became involved with\u00a0Wise Choices Pregnancy Center<\/a>\u00a0after learning about their good work from church friends.<\/p>\n

“We just loved what they were doing, right from the start,” Berry said.<\/p>\n

The pregnancy help medical facility is about 50 miles northwest of Dallas and offers everything from pregnancy tests and ultrasounds to parenting classes and post abortion healing programs. The center sees around 200 clients a month, including approximately 30 for ultrasounds.<\/p>\n

Berry, a lawyer, has been on the Wise Choices Board of Directors for several years, and Lee, a pediatric nurse, volunteers at the center.<\/p>\n

At home, their five-year-old daughter was hearing about Wise Choices and the women and babies in need. She saw her parents\u2019 dedication and came up with an idea all on her own to fundraise for the center.<\/p>\n

“Well, Ainsley came to us and said she wanted to have a lemonade stand,” Berry said. “It was her idea; she came up with it all on her own, and of course we wanted to support her.”<\/p>\n

It was just a few weeks before the local annual Fourth of July festival. The event always draws a crowd between a golf tournament, parade, and fireworks show. The White family decided that would be a great place to hold a lemonade stand.<\/p>\n

Connie Coleman was CEO of Wise Choices that first year of the lemonade stand and recalls Ainsley and her dad coming in to talk about their idea.<\/p>\n

“They had marketing flyers, a budget for expenses, the details and hours of the lemonade stand, and brought it all to the center to present to me,\u201d she said. \u201cAinsley was very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, at age five, almost six, she created it,\u201d said Connie. \u201cWe shook on the deal. And that sweet child worked her little tail off all day long at the Fourth of July celebration in her town. She missed participating in the parade, the jump houses, all the excitement to stay and work her stand.”<\/p>\n

Ainsley, along with her mom and dad, went door to door with copies of the sign announcing the lemonade fundraiser to local shops, asking if they would hang the sign in their window.<\/p>\n

The big day arrived, and Ainsley was all set up with pitchers, plastic cups, ice, and homemade fresh lemonade. In 100-degree heat, Ainsley, along with her mom, poured lemonade from morning to 11 p.m.<\/p>\n

By the end of the evening, a lot of people had learned about the great work of Wise Choices, and Ainsley’s idea had raised $1310 for the center.<\/p>\n

Afterward, Ainsley went to Wise Choices with the proceeds.<\/p>\n

“When she brought in her earnings, it was so precious,\u201d Connie said. \u201cShe revealed that she had made $1,300+ dollars!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew we wanted to do something special with that money,\u201d she said. \u201cWe were currently remodeling the baby boutique, so we added a ‘lemon’ theme, purchased what was needed to serve the mommas and babies, and began to call our baby boutique Ainsley\u2019s Place. It is still called that today and has served many babies since then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ainsley has continued to sell lemonade to benefit the center.<\/p>\n

Berry, said, \u201cFrom the very first year, Ainsley has said, \u2018I really want to help the moms and the babies.\u2019 We give her the choice now, the past couple of years; does she want to continue the lemonade stand or stop. And she says she wants to continue. This year it reached 118 degrees, and she just stayed there at that stand the entire day.\u201d<\/p>\n