Howell T-Shirt Shop Hosting Lemonade Stand To Honor Jake Honig

HOWELL, NJ — Howell cancer warrior Jake "The Tank: Honig continues to inspire efforts to fight pediatric cancer, as a lemonade stand is being held Thursday, June 7 to raise money in memory of the 7-year-old who succumbed to brain cancer in January.

Big Frog Custom T-Shirts and More is hosting a lemonade stand from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday to raise money for the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, that seeks to support efforts to find a cure for pediatric cancers. The event is part of the foundation's Lemonade Days.

“Losing Jake Honig to brain cancer touched the entire Howell community,” said Stephanie Young of Big Frog of Monmouth. The T-shirt company has been a supporter of efforts to help the Honig family, participating in fundraisers on multiple occasions.

According to representatives of the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, Jake’s parents and sister will help at the stand where Big Frog will sell lemonade and baked goods. Anyone who donates $10 or more will receive a free Big Frog Y-shirt.

For more information or to donate to the lemonade stand, visit Big Frog of Monmouth’s lemonade stand fundraising page.

Childhood cancer extends to over a dozen types of cancers and a countless amount of subtypes, the foundation said. Just a few of these cancer types include: Ewing sarcoma, glioma, leukemia, lymphoma, medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and Wilms’ tumor. In the United States, childhood cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15. Every day, approximately 250 kids around the world die from cancer, accounting for 91,250 losing their lives to the disease every year.

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996-2004). In 2000, 4-year-old Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for all children with cancer. Since Alex held that first stand, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement. It has raised more than $150 million toward fulfilling Alex’s dream of finding a cure, funding more than 800 pediatric cancer research projects nationally. In addition, ALSF provides support to families affected by childhood cancer through programs such as Travel For Care and SuperSibs. For more information on Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, visit AlexsLemonade.org.

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