Students from across Niagara will form a giant circle and pass a lemon from one to the next at the Outlet Collection next week — all in support of children in need.
The “Lemon Twist” relay takes place Thursday, May 22 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Outlet Collection at Niagara shopping centre and aims to send one very busy lemon a full kilometre through the hands of students from the Niagara Catholic District School Board and District School Board of Niagara.
The unusual challenge is part of a campaign to promote the fourth annual Mountainview LemonAID Day for Family and Children’s Services Niagara — a “kids helping kids” initiative that supports sending FACS-supported children to summer camp.
LemonAID Day, supported by title sponsor Mountainview Homes, gives participating families everything they need to run a free lemonade stand, including pitchers, cups, T-shirts, hats and signage. Tim Hortons is also providing lemonade concentrate for each stand.
A total of 100 stands are available across Niagara and registration is now open at facsniagarafoundation.org.
Last year’s LemonAID Day helped raise enough money to provide more than 600 weeks of camp for over 400 children.
This year’s Lemon Twist event also acts as a lead-up to an anticipated Guinness World Record attempt in 2026. FACS communications co-ordinator Brett Sweeney said it’s too early to release details.
