Bridgewater Applebee's Sells Lemonade To End Childhood Cancer

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Keep cool this summer while helping to end childhood cancer.

From July 4 – July 31, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar locations in New Jersey, including in Bridgewater, will sell $1 and $5 paper lemons with 100 percent of the proceeds directly benefiting Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating childhood cancer.

Applebee’s will also donate 25 cents when guests buy any lemonade drink, including its Quencher Lemonades, Frozen Lemonades and Flavored Lemonades.

Guests can also donate to the cause using the restaurants' new table top devices.

This month-long campaign marks the 11th straight year that Applebee’s franchisees have supported Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, with nearly $6 million in fundraising proceeds generated to benefit the organization since 2005 – and $83,902 raised by Doherty Enterprises Applebee’s locations in 2015.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation emerged in 2000, when 4-year-old cancer patient Alexandra “Alex” Scott opened a lemonade stand on her front yard to help raise money to cure children with cancer. Alex lost her battle with cancer in 2004, but the foundation has since evolved into a national fundraising movement, with thousands of supporters across the country.

Participating New Jersey Applebee locations include:

• Brick,
• Bridgewater,
• Butler,
• Clark,
• Clifton,
• East Hanover,
• Edison,
• Flemington,
• Garfield,
• Hackensack,
• Hackettstown,
• Hillsborough,
• Howell,
• Jersey City,
• Jersey Gardens,
• Kearny,
• Lacey,
• Linden,
• Manahawkin,
• Manalapan,
• Manchester,
• Middletown,
• Milltown,
• Mt. Olive,
• Newark,
• Newton,
• North Bergen,
• Northvale,
• Ocean,
• Paramus,
• Parsippany,
• Phillipsburg,
• Piscataway,
• Rockaway,
• Tinton Falls,
• Toms River,
• Totowa,
• Union,
• Wall
• and Woodbridge.

For more information on Alex's Lemonade Stand visit AlexsLemonade.org.

(Photo via AlexsLemonade.org)

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