Just a nice little story for today…

Wisconsin community aids lemonade stand robbery victim with cards and cash

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy who was robbed at his lemonade stand is seeing another side of humankind in the outpouring of support he has received since his story was reported.

Austin Cundy says some people have asked if he would like to set up a lemonade stand at their businesses, while others have sent cards with money or offered to replace the $20 that was in his plastic container when it was taken Tuesday.

“I think it’s very nice that people care,” he said Thursday.

Austin was using the stand to raise money to go camping with his grandparents and to buy his mother a birthday present.

He told police he saw two teens eyeballing him as they bicycled past, then one of them punched him, shoved him off his chair and took the container along with his wallet.

A tip from the public led officers to the home of a 17-year-old boy on Wednesday where officers found a container but no money, police Sgt. Steve Sagmeister said. The teen was being held on suspicion of robbery and physical abuse of a child, pending formal charges, he said.

Austin’s mother, Nicole Cundy, said the community’s response has been impressive.

“All of these people are showing how much they care about a little boy they don’t even know,” she said. “It’s wonderful.”

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Dave and I were driving around a neighborhood once, trying to find our friends house. We saw some little kids on the side of the road, selling lemonade. Feeling charitable, I told Dave to stop and pulled out a couple dollars. The girls had a little table set up and were sitting on a cooler. Their parents were sitting in the garage enjoying the day.

I stuck my head out the window and said, “We’ll have two glasses.” The little girls were elated to have customers. One girl carefully poured the lemonade into a little plastic cup while the other said, “Fifty cents, please!”

Fifty cents?!?!? I was expecting it to cost more for some reason. I handed her a dollar and she proceeded to reach into her little money box to get change. “Nah, keep the change” I said. Her eyes opened wide as she said, “Thanks!”

Her partner in crime brought over our glasses of lemonade and Dave and I were back on our way.

I took a sip of the lemonade and wanted to spit it out. It was pretty watery and just had a hint of lemon and sugar in it. Probably the worst lemonade I’ve ever had. Dave felt the same. We joked around about driving back to the girls and throwing the lemonade at them as we drove by.

But of course, we didn’t.

It was pretty fun to imagine, though!

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