Prepared 4 Life (P4L) has secured Amegy Bank of Texas as the official title sponsor for Lemonade Day 2008 on Sunday, May 4.
Amegy Bank of Texas was involved in the inaugural Lemonade Day event in 2007 and has agreed to take on a major leadership role in Lemonade Day 2008. Prepared 4 Life welcomes sponsorships and contributions in any amount from other businesses, associations, faith-based organizations, families, and individuals.
Prepared 4 Life is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that provides after school programs and life skills training for middle-school students within Houston’s inner city. Prepared 4 Life launched Lemonade Day - May 6, 2007 – as a community-wide event that fosters entrepreneurship and character development among Houston’s youth by supporting them in establishing and operating their own lemonade businesses. Young entrepreneurs who participate in Lemonade Day retain the money that they earn from their lemonade ventures because of the support that Prepared 4 Life receives from business leaders and other youth advocates in the Houston area.
Through the first Lemonade Day event in 2007, young Houston entrepreneurs established 2,600 lemonade stands throughout the Houston area. This year, Prepared 4 Life is encouraging Houston’s future leaders to set up 10,000 or more lemonade stands and get involved in a business-building game that will prepare them for life. Lemonade Day complements other prominent youth-focused organizations such as the YMCA, Junior Achievement, Boys & Girls Club and Girl Scouts.
Prepared 4 Life hosted a Lemonade Day 2008 CEO Kick-Off Breakfast at River Oaks Country Club on Jan. 31. Holthouse, Houston Astros All Star baseman Jeff Bagwell and Murphy of Amegy Bank of Texas appealed to more than 60 business leaders and their network of family, friends and suppliers to get involved personally and financially as sponsors, advocates and volunteers for Lemonade Day. Bagwell, who serves as a Lemonade Day spokesperson, shared his personal experiences with visiting young lemonade stand owners and operators throughout Houston and its suburbs on the first Lemonade Day on May 6, 2007.
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