Longest Lemonade Stand

If your kids were there  today  they would have also been proud world record holders.  Pat Liebler   a Beverly elementary School Parent   and a lead  organizer  commented  it was a record setting event.

A  lot of lemonade indeed . As part of a fundraiser for Birmingham   and Detroit schools, Beverly students are planning to build what they hope will be the world’s longest lemonade stand Aug. 20 at Beverly Park to celebrate National Lemonade Day. The project, led by Beverly parent Pat Liebler, began more than a year ago when a group of teachers sat down to figure out how to get students involved in a district wide fundraising project. Liebler said that every kid wanted to   start a lemonade stand. According to Liebler, the project has three goals: to provide an engaging learning experience for students, bring the community together and raise funds for education and the community. The biggest task, though, is selling stands, said sales organizer Jeanne De Ronne. Individual stands are available for $50, with organizers hoping to attract families, clubs, sports teams, businesses and area nonprofit groups. The stands, designed by parent volunteer Keith Larson, are identical wood-construction units, around 4 feet wide and 6 feet tall.  The World's Longest Lemonade Stand was 349 individual lemonade stands   that were purchased by community members. Larson said each stand can be constructed using only a screwdriver and can be transported in the back of any sport utility vehicle or van. Buyers then may decorate the stands any way they like.

The finished stands will be connected by extension pieces, linking the collection to form what organizers hope will be the longest stand in the world. Currently, the record for the world’s longest lemonade stand is 1,200 feet, set June 6 in Satow , Germany.

While selling lemonade isn’t exactly the intent of the event, Liebler said that to set the record, each stand will have to offer lemonade for sale for around 10 seconds on event day.

Liebler said the entire team anticipates the event to have a carnival-type feeling, with games and food likely to be available. With the official length of 1,399 feet, 11 inches, the lemonade stand build by hundreds of students, parents and teachers from the Birmingham Public Schools District at Beverly Park in Beverly Hills.

  The event has raised $50,000 so far, with more money coming in throughout the day in the form of lemonade, T-shirt and raffle ticket sales. Half of the proceeds, $25,000, was from sponsors, led by presenting sponsor Ernst & Young. Organizers passed two large glasses of lemonade from stand to stand to prove continuity, then measured the stand length with a tape measure.

  Longest Lemonade Stand would like to thank to valued sponsors including: Ace Hardware, Achatz Pie Company, Beverly Community Education, Birmingham Pediatrics, Blvd Suites, Bolyard Lumber, Brady's Tavern, Dynamic Life Chiropractic, Edible Arrangements, Edward Jones, Ernst & Young, Girls Empowered, Goldfish, GS Leasing, Huron Capital, Marketing Associates, Northwestern Mutual, Pop Can Couture, Premier Pet Supply, Restyle Child, Robot Garage, Senior Helpers, Staff works, Wolf Hulbert Insurance, and Wonderworks. 

The Longest lemonade Stand  measured 1399 ft , 11 inches  was set by hundreds of students, parents and teachers at Beverly Hills, Michigan, United States of America on August 29, 2011.