Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Think Pink Lemonade


This weekend I will purchase pink lemonade from a stand run by 8 yr old Victoria Petrucelly.

The lemonade will be pink in honor of Victoria’s mother, Angela, who died at impossibly young age of 40 on Valentine’s Day of this year from a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. Angela left behind her husband, little Victoria and a 4 yr old son named Vincent.

All of the money raised from Victoria’s lemonade stand will go to MD Anderson Cancer Center-Orlando where her mother was treated. It’s Victoria’s way of spreading the message of how much she loved her mommy and how important it is that we help other little girls from losing their mommies, too.

As a mother, this tragic event is too horrific, too incomprehensibly painful to consider...and quite frankly, it terrifies me. But I have made it my business to learn how to use social media and Internet marketing effectively to spread a variety of messages. So starting now and continuing through Sunday, I will put my own selfish fear aside and pull out every tool in my Internet Marketing toolbox to support little Victoria and her cause. Won’t you please consider doing the same?

The Pink Lemonade Stand will be March 21st from 9-5 and March 22nd from 11-5 at 1810 Nebraska Street (across from Leu Gardens). If you do not reside in the Orlando area but would still like to donate, please contact the Petrucelly family’s friend Dana Loncar at 407-808-3441.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I found this blog while doing a search for Victoria's story -- we actually did a video with Victoria and her best friend Jesse, starting the day before the sales and ending with that unbelievable check presentation.

http://growingbolder.com/media/health/cancer/think-pink-lemonade-stand-252111.html

I'd grab a tissue ... this had people in the office weeping, but touched and inspired.

Thanks for taking a moment to check it out!

Katy Widrick
Executive Producer, Growing Bolder Media Group
katy@growingbolder.com