What do you get when you combine one mom on a mission, two determined tweens, dozens of children with cancer, a committed community, and a day of fun? The answer is help ’12 (hope, enjoy, laugh, play 2012), a new program created especially for children battling various forms of pediatric cancer. For the fourth year in a row, Lori Silvester and her two children, Kate (12) and Harrison (9), will host the area’s largest lemonade stand fundraiser to help support pediatric cancer research through Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. This year, though, they went a step further and added help ’12 to the event, inviting children from all over the area who are currently undergoing cancer treatment, and also young survivors, to give them a chance to hope, enjoy, laugh and play together. On Saturday, June 23, 2012, from 11:00 AM until 9:30 PM, at Fun Fore All Family Entertainment Center in Cranberry Township, Silvester, her two children and husband, and a team of community volunteers will host what promises to be the biggest lemonade stand in Cranberry Township history.

WHAT:        Community Lemonade Stand Fundraiser (part of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation) &

                  “help ’12” for Children with Cancer

WHEN:       June 23, 2012

                  11:00 AM – 9:30 PM

                  SPECIAL GUESTS & EVENTS

                  Pittsburgh Pirates Parrot                                                    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

                  “help ‘12” for Pediatric Cancer Patients/Survivors11:30 AM – 3:30 PM

                  PNC Bank Cash Cube                                                         Noon – 3 PM

                  Smiley Cookie Decorating                                                  Noon – 4 PM

                  Face Painting                                                                     Noon – 5 PM

                  Star Wars Characters from Garrison Carida                        1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

                  Dunk Tank w/Seneca Valley School Teachers                    2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

                  Free Miniature Golf                                                            6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

                  Basket Raffles, Lemonade, Games                         All Day

WHERE:     Fun Fore All Family Entertainment Center, 8 Progress Ave., Cranberry Township, PA 16066

WHY:          The Silvester family and friends want to do whatever they can to help kids and their families who are fighting their own battle with childhood cancer.

The Silvesters and friends have raised over $20,000 at the lemonade stand in the first three years and their goal this year is another $20,000. “I want to work even harder this year because my friend, Rehanna, died last year of cancer,” said 12-year-old Kate Silvester. “I don’t want any child to have to go through what Rehanna went through and I don’t want any other family to have to go through what her family went through.”

to find out more information about Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation,  please visit www.alexslemonade.org. For more information regarding the Cranberry lemonade stand event, please visit www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/77022.