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Celebrate Lemonade Day in Northern Alberta!

Help us empower today’s youth to be tomorrow’s entrepreneurs!

Lemonade Day is a free, fun, experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their own business – a lemonade stand.

The foremost objective of Lemonade Day is to empower youth to take ownership of their lives and become productive members of society – the business leaders, social advocates, volunteers, and forward thinking citizens of tomorrow.

Lemonade Day was brought to Northern Alberta in 2018 by one Community Futures office and was offered to participants in their region. Since then, Lemonade Day has spread to 14 Northern Alberta Community Futures regions for 2024.

Each child that registers receives a backpack with an Entrepreneur Workbook or access to the "My lemonade Day' app and attends Lemonade University where Community Futures instructors teach them the lessons of Lemonade Day, like creating budgets, setting profit-making goals, serving customers, repaying investors, and giving back to the community.

Along the way, kids acquire skills in goal-setting, problem solving, and gain self-esteem critical for future success. All while having fun and being creative.

Lemonade Day kids keep all the profits they make, but the program encourages them to spend some, save some and share some. In 2019 our Lemonade Day kids donated over $9000.00 to local charities of their choosing, in 2021 they donated over $7000.00 and in 2022 they donated over $12,000.00.

Join us in our mission to help today's youth become the business leading, social advocated, community volunteers and forward-thinking citizens of tomorrow be becoming involved!

Northern Alberta Lemonade Day will take place on June 14, 2025 in many Northern Alberta Towns!

Is My Town a Lemonade Day Town?

Lemonade Day Northern Alberta is coming to the following towns ONLY. If your child would like to participate in Lemonade Day and does not live in one of these towns, they are still welcome to participate, BUT they must setup their Lemonade Stand in one of the participating towns on Lemonade Day, June 15th, 2024.

Participating Lemonade Day Towns 2024:

Alberta Beach, Ashmont, Athabasca, Barrhead, Bashaw, Beaverlodge, Beaumont, Blue Ridge, Bonnyville, Boyle, Camrose, Castor, Clairmont, Cold Lake, Clyde, Drayton Valley, Edson, Elk Point, Fairview, Fox Creek, Gibbons, Grande Cache, Grande Prairie, High Prairie, Hinton, Hythe, Jasper, Kitscoty, Lac La Biche, Lamont, Leduc, Legal, Lloydminster, Mallaig, Mayerthorpe, Morinville, Mundare, Onoway, Peace River, Plamondon, Redwater, Sexsmith, Slave Lake, Smoky Lake, Spruce Grove, St. Paul, Stony Plain, Swan Hills, Thorhild, Vegreville, Vermilion , Vilna, Waskatenau, Wetaskiwin, Westlock, Wembley, Whitecourt, Widewater/Canyon Creek.

More 2024 Lemonade Day Towns will be added soon.

Lemonade University Locations 2024:

Lemmy U will not be offered in every Lemonade Day town, participants may need to travel to a nearby location to attend. All registered participants will be notified of the dates and locations of their Lemmy U sessions vial email.

To discover when and where Lemonade University is happening in your area click the link below. (If the information for your area is not yet listed, please check back. The information for all Lemmy U areas will be updated over the next few weeks.)

LEMONADE UNIVERSITY LOCATIONS TIMES & DATES