Juliana’s Lemonade Stand at Indian Beach to raise funds

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the Juliana Garcia family is holding a fundraiser along with raffles in an effort to raise money for NEGU, a nonprofit organization that helps kids and their families battling cancer.

The Lemonade Stand the Garcias are manning will open tomorrow (Saturday) at Indian Beach from noon to 3:00 p.m. The proceeds from the lemonade sales will be combined with funds received from Canyon Lakers making monetary donations and from a huge raffle being held tomorrow.

Cancer-survivor Juliana Garcia at age three with her doctor and again at age six.

The Garcia family is no stranger to childhood cancer. Juliana was diagnosed at the age of three with cancer. Juliana went through six months of chemotherapy with her family by her side.

Juliana, after 17 checkups following the removal of her port in May 2016, is still thriving and as her mom Cara says, Juliana is definitely the stronger one through all of this.

Why the lemonade stand? Juliana wants to give back to the organizations that were there for her family. This will be the fourth time the family has opened their Lemonade Stand to raise funds for cancer-related causes.

“I wanted to do the lemonade stand because it’s fun and we get to help kids that are really sick,” she said. “I missed doing them during COVID-19.”

Juliana said she wanted to thank the people in Canyon Lake for always helping her raise so much money and she hopes they come again this year.

The Lemonade Stand will be raffling off some very valuable items that have been donated by the community.

The now 9-year-old will be holding a fundraiser tomorrow at Indian Beach to raise funds to help kids with cancer. Photos by Cara Garcia

Each raffle ticket is $5.00 and those purchasing the tickets do not need to be present at the drawing to win. Some of the donated prizes to be raffled are: Ron Almada with ALP Junkies donated a brand new lily pad, Irma Mascorrow donated an Avon basket, Tim Hurley donated a handmade American Flag wooden cross, One Image Auto Detail donated a car wash, Kristen Bright Photography donated a free family photo session, SoCal Pool Water Recycling donated a local wine basket, Shalyn Steven Screen Printing donated a basket of various items, Linda Shurtleff of Inspired Hippie Designs donated a jewelry item, Painting Room by Room donated a $25.00 Amazon gift card, Ty Lockerby of National Dent donated a $500.00 gift card for dent repair and complete auto detail, Kimberlie Fry of Moxie Glam Photography Studio donated a complimentary boudoir photography session, Lake Lyf donated a basket of items from their company, Libby Vine from Solargoingup.com donated $500.00 off solar installation and Patriotic Arms donated a gift basket.

The community is invited to come to Indian Beach for some lemonade and a chance to win one of the many raffle prizes that were donated by the Canyon Lake community businesses. The money raised will be given to the NEGU organization and used for joy jars to give to children fighting cancer.