Pirate's Treasure Given to PinkRose Foundation to Fund Scholarship

The PinkRose Foundation will be able to do a bit more this year thanks to the Pirate Lemonade boys, Eric and Jack Linari.

For about a half-dozen Wednesdays, the Linari boys at the , and this year raised $1,172 for the PinkRose Foundation.

"It's a huge help," said Theresa Jay, president of PinkRose. "When you have people like this come along and say, 'we want to help and raise a scholarship' - that's another $1,000."

The money will more than cover one college scholarship given by the Dedham-based foundation to a college student who lost a parent to breast cancer.

In their fourth year, the boys, now 10 and 7, have taken their quarter and 50-cent juice and benefited a neighborhood park in their first year, , and now a national scholarship organization.

Many people not only bought a cup from the Linaris, but donated money because they knew the cause, said Monica Linari, the boys' mother.

The scholarship deadline is Wednesday, Aug. 31, and Jay said they expect 35-40 applicants and will award 10 scholarships for $1,000 apiece.

Applications draw from all over the country, and Jay said they try to give out one a year to a Massachusetts resident.

"And we try to educate the kids that are left behind about the dangers of all the pesticides and the growth hormones in milk," Jay said. "They can't really take the risk."