Lemonade Day Lakewood

Published on July 20, 2026

The Lakewood community is invited to stop by, enjoy a refreshing drink and support Lakewood’s youngest entrepreneurs as they serve up some lemonade—and put their new business skills to work—at the third annual Lakewood Lemonade Day on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.at various locations around Lakewood (see sidebar).

Check the Lemonade Day Map for the specific locations of the lemonade stands.

What is Lemonade Day?

Lemonade Day is a hands-on program designed to teach students in third to fifth grade how to start, own and operate their own business—a lemonade stand—while learning about financial literacy, self-reliance and entrepreneurial skills.

After completing the Lemonade Stand program covering budgeting, marketing, customer service and inventory management, the young entrepreneurs met with Lakewood City Council Members and visited City Hall to apply for and receive business permits to operate their temporary stands on Lemonade Day, Saturday, Aug. 1. (While the city would normally not require a youth-run lemonade stand to get a permit, they were made part of this program to give the students a fuller view of the steps required to operate a business.)

The students will each donate a portion of their profits to a non-profit organization of their choice.  

The Lakewood Jaycees, a premier leadership training and civic organization for young adults since 1952, is coordinating the local launch of this nationally recognized program.