The Ninth Annual Lemonade Alley played on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Pearlridge Center in Aiea, Hawai’i. Among proclamations by the Mayor's Office, Lemon Bank by American Savings Bank and Center Stage taste tests and 1-minute pitches, results this year included: 15,000+ event visitors 70 students in 16 teams 11 low-income schools represented $6,352 for charities of teams' choices 14 charities supported 1,864 cups served 70 volunteers (450 hours of donated time) Huge … [Read more...]
Lemonade Alley in Hilo, Hawai’i
Almost 9 years ago, Bizgenics planted its first "Lemonade Alley Event" seed in the soils of Pearl Ridge Center. Over $70,000 raised for charity later, the once seedling of a program, has grown and branched out to Hilo, a neighboring Island! Under the supervision of teacher, Leslie Walker, students from Waimea Elementary were taught more than just culinary and business skills through the program. They were taught good ethics and “It was about being together as a community and coming together … [Read more...]
Lemonade Alley Workshops Are Back!
Lemonade Alley Workshops Are Back! Last year Lemonade Alley was as great as a tall glass of Lemonade on a hot day, but all great things can always be better! In the previous years of Lemonade Alley, we would host workshops with actual chefs and business owners to teach the keiki all about the industries. However, Lemonade Alley 2018 provided a different, accessible, and alternative way of teaching kids about business and culinary; our very own, BizzyB.com. While the reviews for the new methods … [Read more...]
Gyotaku Supports Lemonaid for Love
In Lemonade Alley 2018, team Lemonaid for Love won the "Gyotaku's Choice Award." Owner of Gyotaku, Tom Jones, gave the Lemonaid for Love girls the opportunity to have their famous "Pina Colada Limonada" lemonade recipe featured on the restaurants menu. Tom also wanted to help the girls out even more by generously donating $1 off the top each lemonade to a charity of Lemonaid for Love's choice! Over the summer until October 31st, Gyotaku and and Lemonaid for Love raised over eight-hundred … [Read more...]
Profit to Share – Lemonaid for Love & Gyotaku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdev9gB6YEY Winners of the "Gyotaku's Choice Award" - Lemonaid for Love Lemonade Alley 2018 Sponsor, Gyotaku, chose veteran team, Lemonaid for Love's "Pina Colada Limonada" lemonade to be featured on its menu until October 31st! Profit to Share Contagion Tom Jones and Willy Okimoto, the owners of Gyotaku, have generously donated $1 per drink to the girls' selected charity! Team Lemonaid for Love have been donating their Lemonade Alley earnings and … [Read more...]
Lemonade Alley Connects Keiki with Community
Lemonade Alley 2018 brought together a variety of incredible judges from the Hawai'i community. Among the prestigious panel was a renowned, experienced chef with opportunity to provide for his favorite lemonade recipe. In this year's event, judge Chef Bo, from Uncle Bo's Pupu Bar & Grill, presented his "Uncle Bo's Choice" award to Kaimiloa Elementary's team Lemon Heaven. The chef's "Choice" award promises their favorite Lemonade Alley recipe a featured spot in their restaurant's … [Read more...]
Mahalo to Elemental Excelerator
One of the best things that happened to Bizgenics Foundation this year was the start of a new partnership with Elemental Excelerator. Elemental is the largest accelerator in the State of Hawaii having funded over $23 million dollars to over 60 companies in the past three years. And adding their list of credits, title sponsor of little ol' Lemonade Alley, 2018. From all of us at Bizgenics to the entire team at Elemental, MAHALO for supporting our keiki program... and thx for all the cool EE … [Read more...]
Lemonade Alley for Earth Day 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUJrTIyLmRo A Zesty Twist to Lemonade Alley's Recipe In alignment with Earth Day, this year's Lemonade Alley competition added an eco-twist to its recipe! Keiki were challenged to reach triple bottom line impacts - teams were judged by how many people they served, funds they raised, and quantity of Co2 they were able to reduce. In order to promote higher impact in Co2 reduction, Lemonade Alley added 3 new eco-friendly projects alongside the original lemonade … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes: Lemonade Alley 2018 PSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4JNmJEFIZA Lemonade Alley 2018 PSA Behind the Scenes Cut When shooting the 2018 Lemonade Alley PSA video it wasn't all fun and games... it was better! We had such an awesome time hanging out with the keiki! The video really says it all. The whole shoot was stress free and nothing but good times! Thanks for Making This Happen Big thank you and awesome job to the actors and actresses at Hawaii's Best Model and Talent agency! And a few special mahalos to … [Read more...]
Lemonade Alley 2018 PSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvfgD9pqPR8 Lemonade Alley Opens for Entries Lemonade Alley for Earth Day's 2018 PSA video strikes attention on facebook, and the entries came flooding in! Be sure to reserve your teams spot before its too late! Thanks for Making This Happen The lead, Emily from Diamond Head Theatre, did such an excellent job on this shoot! We could not have asked for a better actress! Big thank you and awesome job to the actors and actresses at Hawaii's Best Model … [Read more...]
