JVL-V-000055 · food access and community support
A lemonade stand helping family
Josh Liljenquist meets young lemonade sellers who explain that they are raising money for their room and to help their mother with food and bills. They describe choosing to set up the stand, helping someone they believed needed support, and wanting to make life easier for their family.
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[00:00–00:08] How much are you selling the lemonade for! A dollar. What are you raising money for? My room. So I can get stuff. Also for my mom so I can help her.
[00:08–00:15] Like buy food and stuff. How old are you? Ten. [Unclear caption at source; exact wording requires source-level review.] Could I buy a lemonade? Yeah.
[00:15–00:25] Why are you helping your? Because I know she's going through a lot right now. Yeah? A lot of parents need help with stuff. Is this your sister? Yes.
[00:25–00:33] How old are you? I’m gonna be twelve. What's going on with your. Well somebody stole her. Somebody stole her money? Yeah.
[00:33–00:46] When we got money we just give it to our mom? So we can helr her pay her bill and stuef. Did she ask you to come out here? Or was this your guys' idea. It was our idea. We did it last summer just.
[00:46–00:56] We decided to do it this summer for our mom. Oh well. She must be so proud of you guys. She was happy. And she started crying. Does she work!
[00:56–01:06] Um not anymore. Because she had a baby. But she's gonna start working again. How long have you guys been out here? Weve been out here since 3. 3 hours?
[01:06–01:16] How much have you guys made out here today? Like $20 dollars. There was this one homeless person. You don't know if he's homeless. He gave us a dollar for lemonade. Nd then we just gave him chips for free wo bags of.
[01:16–01:29] And then we just gave him two bags of chips for free. Aww why d you do that? Because it looked like he needed help. That's so awesome. But you guys are so sweet for helping your mom out. She loves treand she all.
[01:29–01:38] She treats qu, of her kids. [Unclear caption at source; exact wording requires source-level review.] A dollar? Okay well. This could pay for a couple hundred lemonades. Thank you.
[01:38–01:49] Yeah. Give that to mom and tell her that she did a goodi. Raising such amazing kids. I'll go tell her right now. You're gonna go tell her. She was happy and she started crying.
[01:49–02:00] Your mom started crying. Now you're gonna make me. If you could tell the world one thing. What would you tell the world? I would tell the world to stop the violence. Amen.
[02:01–02:05] Do me a favor give your mom a big huc? Keep being you or.
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Source: Josh Liljenquist / Joshlilj. Video ID: JVL-V-000055. Rights state: OWNED.
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