Kyle's Lemonade

100% of all proceeds to assist Canine Companions for Independence

"I think you are never too little

to make a difference"

Kyle's Lemonade
PO Box 307
Northport, NY 11768
kyleslemonade@yahoo.com

Kyle in the News about CCI

"When I saw all the pictures on the wall with the kids in their wheels chairs with smiles on their faces next to their dogs that helped, I knew this was the charity for me!"

Kyle never imagined that his lemonade stand and his charity work would gain enough attention to have be noticed enough to be in newspaper articles, television and radio. Not one for notoriety, he has humbly spoken to the media that has interviewed him because he felt that by doing so, more people would know about Canine Companions for Independence. He feels that not enough people know about CCI and he hopes that he brings more awareness about all the wonderful things they do.

Kyle on My Fox NY television
See Kyle on My Fox NY on television receiving his proclamation for his charity work for CCI
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Times of Npt
Newspaper article

Animal Radio

When Animal Radio heard about Kyle and famous lemonade stand where all the proceeds went to Canine Companions for Independence, they asked if they could do a radio interview with him. When asked what he was going to do next, he told them about his idea to have dog collars signed by celebrites to be auctioned on Ebays charity site Givingsworks. They thought it was a wonderful idea and asked if they could help getting a sponsor for the collars. With their help and Bamboo Pet, who donated 100 assorted colored collars, the auction was a success. Kyle will be the first to tell you that it was a lot of work and a lot of letters to the celebrities he wanted to ask to sign his collars. Although not all the collars that were sent out came back , a major majority of them did. Others were hand delivered and Kyle got to tell quite a few in person about tell them a little about CCI.

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Other News

Kyle was recently chosen as a recipient of The Barnum Award , presently at the opening cerimony at the Barnum and Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden. Of of the 3 kids who won for their phylanthropy work, Kyle was awarded the Gold award $1,000 to go towards assisting his charity. As always, the check goes to CCI. All three walked out and were introduced in the center ring prior to the start of the circus.

Latest News

CCI is celebrating it 's 35th anniversary.

Come to the start of the celebration at graduation on Friday May 14th at 2-3:30 pm at the Hyatt Regency Wind Watch in Hauppauge, NY

call 1 800 572 BARK for more info and directions

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Local Heroes Award November 12, 2009

Kyle was honored by Bank Of America/Long Island Market as one of the 2009 Long Island Neighborkhood Exellence Initiative Awards as one of the Local Heroes on November 12th. He was awarded the opportunity to direct a $5,000 grant from the Bank Of America Charitable Foundation to an eligible nonprofit organization of his choice. He of course, chose Canine Companions for Independence.

East Shore Partners took the challenge and is donating $1,000

to Canine Companions for Independence notated in behalf of Kyle's Lemonade, matching the $1,000 dollars that Kyle donated to CCI from his Barnum Award.

"In Support of Kyle and his continued charity efforts for Canine Companions."

http://www.eastshorepartners.com

" I would like to thank East Shore Partners very much for sponsoring my challenge"

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***News flash***

**** BRAND NEW****

Kyle’s Sponsor Challenge

May 26, 2009

I recently was awarded the Barnum Award for my charity work for Canine Companions for Independence . It was a great surprise. I donated the check to Canine Companions to Independence . It was for $1,000. I gave it to them last week.

I am always thinking of new ideas on how to help CCI. I have had a few matching donors sometimes, so I thought I would make a challenge to see if I could find at least 5 sponsors to match my Award. Look who was the first to take the challenge. Now I am looking for 4 more!!! I will honor them on my Kyle’s Lemonade page.

Remember that all donations to Canine Companions for Independence are 100% deductible.

You can contact Kyle’s Lemonade at kyleslemonade@yahoo.com about the challenge.

All donations are made to Canine Companions to Independence and thank you for noting in honor of Kyle’s Lemonade.

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Turning Lemonade into Something Special

When it comes to giving, 11-year-old Kyle Orent is pretty exceptional.

He even auctioned off his own toys, according to Newsday, his local newspaper on Long Island in New York.

"I like helping people," he said, in an interview on New York City TV station WNYW.

Kyle has spent the past four years helping people.

It all started with a lemonade stand in front of his house in Northport, New York.

"When I was 7, I wanted a lemonade stand for my birthday," he told WNYW anchors Greg Kelly and Rosanna Scotto. "I started in front of my house. But then I started going to local soccer games and baseball games."

Kyle says he never charged for the lemonade.

He just asked for donations.

In the first year, he raised $20,000, his mother told Newsday.

And as of this month, he has raised $125,000, according to WNYW - although most of the donations now come from auctions, he says.

"I don't think I can really sell lemonade when I'm 11," he said, on WNYW's "Good Day New York" show.

According to Newsday, Kyle writes to celebrities and famous athletes and asks them to autograph dog collars.

Then he auctions off the autographed collars on the Internet.

The main beneficiary of Kyle's giving has been a group called "Canine Companions for Independence."

That's a group that trains dogs to help people with disabilities.

Why "Canine Companions for Independence?"

"Because I like animals and I like helping people," he told Scotto and Kelly.

Kyle recently got a "Local Heroes" award for his charitable work, according to Newsday.

But his work is far from finished.

He told the paper he wants to be a professional fundraiser when he grows up.

What's his next project?

"I'm trying to do something called 'Cooks That Care,'" he told WNYW. "I'm trying to get like local restaurants to donate a certain percentage of their earnings for like one day."

With Kyle's record so far, it's hard to imagine him not succeeding at this as well.

And as for the lemonade stand, Kyle's mom told reporters he hopes to recruit some younger kids to take it over.

After all, according to Kyle's own website, his motto is, "You are never too little to make a difference."