In 2019 Wyatt Dennis sat on the porch of a house his parents were thinking about purchasing. It happened to be in the middle of Sturgis Rally and an idea was born. Wyatt told his parents that if they purchased the house, he wanted to do a lemonade stand the following year during Rally.

When 2020 rolled around Wyatt was ready. The lemonade stand idea was put into action. Wyatt wanted to purchase a Lego set. Wyatt’s parents told him that he would be serving free lemonade to anyone who wanted some and at the end of Rally in turn for his hard work they would take him so he could buy the Lego set.

On day one donations started rolling in. It was apparent that the Lego set would be easily obtainable so a new plan was set up for the money coming in. 50% would go into savings for college, 30% would go toward a charity of Wyatt’s choice, and 20% would go toward the Lego set. Instead of only being able to teach how hard work can get you what you want, the lemonade stand then became a lesson about saving, giving, and spending. Wyatt chose St. Jude Children’s Hospital for his charity because he wanted to help kids. In 2020 the lemonade stand brought in approximately $700 in donations and Wyatt was able to donate $200 to St. Jude.

From Wyatt’s Lemonade Stand

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