Topic: Children’s Issues
Posted on 7/3/2018
CBS Television Stations’ KYW-TV Philadelphia held their 12th annual Alex Scott Telethon, a 14-hour on-air benefit for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, on June 14. The event raised a record $7 million for pediatric cancer research. Over its 12 years on-air, the event has raised nearly $32 million for the cause.
The Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation was started by four-year-old terminal cancer patient Alexandra Scott, who held a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer.
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