Lemonade Day: Follow this map to quench your thirst on Saturday

Bill Armendariz, Deming Headlight
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Lemonade Day is Saturday in Deming and Luna County. Look for lemonade stands through the city and county to quench your thirst and support young entrepreneurs.
Lemonade Day is Saturday in Deming and Luna County. Look for lemonade stands through the city and county to quench your thirst and support young entrepreneurs.

DEMING – Lemonade Day in Deming and Luna County will be celebrated on Saturday, May 21. Children and their sponsors have overwhelmingly registered to participate in this one-day event hosted by the Deming-Luna Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by a host of local merchants and services.

A photo gallery chronicling the Lemonade Day preparations can be viewed on the website lemonadeday.org/deming-luna and Facebook page, lemonade day luna.

"The winners of the Best Tasting event will be out there, so be sure to check them out," said Debbie Troyer, executive director for the chamber.

Best Tasting Contest winners

• 1st Place: Main Squeeze, Emmalyn Flores, Ingrid Madrid, and Leilanny Calderon

• 2nd Place: The Zesty Lemon, Rubiel, Antonio, and Anitzia Martinez

• 3rd Place: The Sour House, Jayce Keeler

Currently, the location map shows 24 lemonade stands registered at various locations. More should register soon, and can be found on the website link https://www.lemonadeday.org/deming-luna/stands-map.

Lemmy, the mascot, and Judges Jay Yates, Barbara Reedy, Teresa Sanchez, Christie Ann Harvey, Monica Topham, Mayor Jasso, Jenifer Jones, Jill Black, and Jamie Jackson will be visiting your lemonade stands looking for the Best Lemonade Stand winners on Saturday between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

"Please support these kids Saturday. It just may be a life changing moment," Troyer said.

Lemonade Day was started in Houston, Texas in 2007 as a 501(c)3 by entrepreneur and philanthropist, Michael Holthouse. Since then, it has expanded to more than 81 programs throughout North America, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. The average profit for participating children last year was $224, however many children in high customer traffic areas throughout their cities make much more – many even over $1,000 on that one day.

More: Lemonade Day sign-up adds 50 young entrepreneurs

More: Chamber seeks young entrepreneurs to register for Lemonade Day in Luna County

More: Deming First to host lemonade tasting event on Wednesday

Deming and Albuquerque are the lone New Mexico Lemonade Day events.

Lemonade Day is a fun, experiential program that teaches youth how to start, own, and operate their own business – a lemonade stand. The money they make will be theirs to keep. They are encouraged to spend some, save some, and share some with a charity of their choice.

Each year, in participating cities, youth can experience entrepreneurship by setting up their business during their city's community-wide Lemonade Day, which will be held Saturday in Luna County.

Lemmy, the mascot, and a Terrazas’ limo will be loaded with partners and sponsors who will cruise around on Lemonade Day tasting, and judging young entrepreneur’s lemonade stands.

For more information on Lemonade Day, go to lemonadeday.org/deming-luna and follow them on Facebook at Lemonade Day Luna,  or phone the chamber at 575-567-3928.

Bill Armendariz can be reached at 575-546-2611 (leave a message) or biarmendariz@demingheadlight.com.

Lemonade Day Map

• A. C. Roadside Lemonade Stand (Watermelon Lemonade w/fresh mint and Pineapple Lemonade w/fresh pineapple) 1819 S. Eighth St.

• Beelicious/Lemon H20 (Lemonade, water, exclusive recipe cards to recreate at home) 410 S Gold Avenue

• Bitter Sweet Lemonade Stand (lemonade, candy and cupcakes) 414 E. Pine St.)

• Deming Lemonade (cupcakes and fruit) 1320 South Roswell Street

• Freshys Lemonade and water. 312 Gold

• Isabella’s Lemonade (bottled water and cookies) 1020 S. Eighth St.

• Las Limonadas (strawberry-lemonade, Mexican candy, chips, and cookies) 105 E. Second St.

• Lightning Lemonade (dart throwing contest, water and cookies) 300 N. Country Club Road

• Li'l Peppers Lemonade Stand (Hot Cheetos and cheese, nachos, and baked goodies) 812 E. Florida St.

• Little Ceasar's Lemonade Squad (raspberry lemonade and baked goods (800 E. Cedar St.)

• Llama-nade Lemonade (strawberry lemonade, cherry lemonade, blackberry lemonade, peach lemonade, and raspberry lemonade) 2020 Hatch Hwy. NE.

• Main Squeeze sStrawberry lemonade, cucumber lemonade and regular lemonade) 419 S. Gold Avenue.

• Pucker Up and Take A Sip (strawberry lemonade, Lemon Shake-Up, cookies, and bottled water) Luna County Courthouse Park, 700 S. Silver Avenue.

• Rock-N-Roll Lemonade (lemonade, pink lemonade with or without fresh fruit, water, cookies, and chips) 212 S. Gold Avenue, Space A

• Slam Dunk Lemonade (Slam Dunk Lemonade, pineapple lemonade, and cookies) 115 East Ash St.

• Sophia’s Sips of Summer (watermelon lemonade and cookies) 3030 Dona Ana Road SW.

• Sour and Sweet Squeezes (cucumber lemonade, classic lemonade, and more) 800 E. Cedar St.

• Sour Patch Lemonade (lemonade flavors strawberry, orange, blue raspberry, sugar free watermelon and rimmed with sour powder) 200 S. Gold Avenue.

• Sun Country Lemonade (strawberry lemonade, cucumber lemonade, cookies, and toys) 221 E. Spruce St.

• Sweeter then Sour Lemonade (lemonade flavored syrups, chips, Snacks, and various snack options) 807 E. Pine St.

• The Sour House (fresh-squeezed lemonade and strawberry lemonade) 110 S Gold Avenue.

• Torres Family Lemonade 1617 E. Pine St.

• Wise Guys Lemonade (strawberry, blueberry, cucumber, mint, and pomegranate lemonade). 300 A Gold Avenue.

This article originally appeared on Deming Headlight: Lemonade Day: Follow this map to quench your thirst on Saturday