Keilee Winters looks like your typical kindergardener. When she sets up lemonade stands with her friend, Sharon Green, the 5-year-old Port Orange (Fla.) Elementary School student seems like any other child who has done so to earn a little extra spending money. But Keilee is doing this for something other than candy or trinket change: she's doing it to help make a difference in others' lives, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
When Keilee learned that a neighbor knew of a younger child diagnosed with cancer, Keilee jumped into action. She rounded up Sharon and the two set up a lemonade stand in the hopes of raising money for something to help the younger child smile. The lemonade stand brought in $200, which the girls used to buy 2-year-old Mandy a gift that she could take to the hospital with her.
Keilee's mom, Cori, brought her to a toy store to pick up presents for Mandy, then used the rest of the money for a gas card so that Mandy's parents could drive back and forth to be with their child.
Keilee has since sold more lemonade and raised over $500 for a cancer fundraiser.
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