Six-year-old Brooke Jordan and 9-year-old Connor Jordan recently set up a lemonade stand on North Avenue in front of their Grandma and Papa’s house in Zephyrhills. Their purpose for the stand was to raise money for Zephyrhills Elks Lodge #2731 Feed the Kids Program. Their idea was inspired from a video on You Tube, a song called, “The Duck Song,” about a duck who goes to a lemonade stand. Connor said, “ I wanted to do it because Jesus would have wanted me to. It made me feel good about myself.” Brooke added, “I do not want the kids to go hungry,” in an email to The Laker/Lutz News.
Papa Louis Jordan helped the children make the lemonade stand out of wood, metal pipes and cardboard. Their mother, April Jordan, gave the children decoration ideas. Grandma Stancy Jordan and the children made the lemonade, which they sold for $1 a cup.
The family advertised the lemonade stand at their school and their church. “People were giving us more than what it costs,” said Connor. The largest donation they received from one person was $20. In total, they raised $140 for the program.
Connor and Brooke, accompanied by their parents, on June 6 presented their donation to the Zephyrhills Elks Lodge #2731 during a business meeting. Donna Moyer, program chair, introduced the children while Exalted Ruler Jay Klamer accepted their donation and presented them both Elk pins.
