Brett Thoms
Campbell’s Bay July 9, 2022
Maple and Oakley Shea, who are six and three respectively, set up a stand in front of their house on Rue Borden in Campbell’s Bay to sell lemonade on Saturday, with help from their parents and their younger sibling Pearl.
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the two siblings. The kids took the money, gave back change and poured the lemonade.
The proceeds of the stand were then split into three with 25 per cent going to the Friends of St-Joseph’s Manor, 25 per cent going to supporting the local fire department and the rest going towards the purchase of toys, according to Chanelle Shea, the children’s mom.
The lemonade stand started last year as a way for the kids to buy a toy.
“It’s just something I did as a kid,” said Chanelle. “I grew up in the city and that’s what we did. No one ever seemed to do them around here. They kept asking for a slip and slide. And I was like, I’m not buying it for you.”
With that goal in mind the Shea’s set up the stand.
Last year, aside from the money used to buy the slip slide, proceeds went to buy a present for the Angel Tree, which provides Christmas presents to children.
The Shea’s plan to keep holding the lemonade stands each year, though Chanelle hopes that the kids will start doing more of the work as they get older.
