When Jaelyn Sagen was 6 years old she discovered that not everyone had homes. This devastated her and she made her mom a promise that she was going to do something about it, and JJ’s Lemonade Stand was born (www.jjslemonadestand.com).
Jaelyn is 11 now and every year in August she holds her annual lemonade stand, selling lemonade and cookies to family, friends, neighbors and strangers out of her drive way.  She then donates 100 percent of the proceeds to a homelessness prevention program called We Care of Los Alamitos.
To date she has raised over $6,000!  We Care (www.wecarelosalamitos.org) offers many types of assistance to their clients, all of which are designed to keep them safely in their homes during difficult times.  Jaelyn has been instrumental in keeping We Care‘s pantry fully stocked and has also helped We Care families keep their electricity on during the winter months.
JJ’s Lemonade Stand 2015 will be held on August 15th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at 4902 Howard Avenue in Los Alamitos.  You can make direct donations to JJ’s Lemonade Stand to help our homeless problem at www.gofundme.com/jjslemonadestand or by visiting JJ’s Lemonade Stand on Facebook.
