Friday, May 17, 2013

Ava Living History Museum

The third grade tradition at our elementary school is the "Living History Museum".  Each 3rd grader chooses someone who changed history and studies them.  They have to write a report, and then pretend to be that person in wax museum form. 
 
Ava choose to be Alex Scott, because she was a hero her age.  Not very famous, but definitely someone to admire.  Alex Scott was diagnosed with neuroblastoma two days before her first birthday.  When she was four, she held a lemonade stand (with her big brothers help) to raise money for cancer research.  That stand raised over $2000.  The stands became an annual tradition.  Sadly, Alex died at 8, but to date the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation have raised over $60 million for pediatric cancer research.  Pretty amazing for someone who was only her for 8 years.

1 comment:

Becca said...

WoW!!! My neice is super!