‘Purest form of faith’: Community rallies around 6 year old who wanted to take mom out after losing dad to cancer
The day after Brady Campbell, 6, lost his dad to colon cancer, he decided to start a lemonade stand so he could take his mom out on a date. He says it was his dad’s final wish.
“My dad and I came up with the idea,” Campbell told Fox 31 Denver.
So, he set up a lemonade stand outside of his home that read “25 cents or best offer,” according to the report.
Friends and neighbors came out to support the tender gesture. Then a police officer who took notice of the stand and learned the purpose of it called in reinforcements.
On his first day in business, Campbell raised more than $200.
And that was just the beginning.
A virtual GoFundMe lemonade stand started on his behalf brought in another $52,000 (at the time of publication).
“My heart is bursting,” Amanda Campbell, Brady’s mom, wrote on Facebook. “I cannot even express the love felt when our community wrapped us in their arms.”
All the love has inspired Brady and Amanda to give back. While they will use some of the funds for weekly date nights, the rest of the money will go to The Brandon Campbell Memorial Fund, which benefits the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The Campbells hope the funds will help the team of doctors and nurses that cared for Brady’s dad.
A neighbor, Mandy Ericson, summed up the compassion and outpouring with these inspiring words:
“Sometimes in the midst of the worst tragedy, the most beautiful parts of humanity surface. When you witness it, it is the purest form of faith and hope – the definition of community.”
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