Lemonade sales to benefit local cancer support group

Trista, 6, hands a glass of lemonade to a customer who also bought baked goods from the Summer Blast Day Camp.

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

It’s a lemonade kind of day.

Sales were brisk Thursday morning in Hays by youngsters in the Summer Blast Day Camp who positioned their lemonade/baked goods stand in the shade near the front entrance of the Hadley Center, 205 E. 7th.

Customers were lured in by brightly colored posters waved at passing traffic and there was good foot traffic as well, with people going in and out of the Hadley Center. Even one Hays Police officer stopped his patrol car for a quick visit with the group and bought a refreshingly cold glass of lemonade.

A Hays police officer takes a quick break to buy a cold lemonade.

Just 25 cents a cup, although nearly everyone was donating much more, especially when it came to the baked goods available for a free-will offering.

Proceeds will be given to the local cancer support group “Your Voice Through Cancer” for cancer research.

“We voted on it,” explained one girl working as the cashier.

Help with doing the math and making change–“How many quarters are in a dollar?”–was given by the camp directors Beth Bohuslavsky and Macy Younger.

Summer Blast Day Camp is operated by Eileen Phelps.

Hays is in a Heat Advisory issued by the Dodge City National Weather Service through Friday afternoon. Today’s high is expected to reach 105 degrees with heat index values as high as 108 degrees.