Country Time Launched a Bailout Fund for Kids’ Canceled Lemonade Stands
The Kraft Heinz brand wants to support the smallest businesses hit by quarantine
It’s a tradition synonymous with summer–but thanks to the Covid-19 crisis, many kids won’t be operating lemonade stands this year.
Luckily for some, Country Time, with help from agency Leo Burnett, has stepped in with a bright idea to inject a bit of “juice” back into the lemonade economy. The brand has created a relief fund for kids who haven’t been able to generate pocket money by running their curbside businesses this year.
“Due to social distancing guidelines, lemonade stands aren’t what they used to be,” Country Time brand manager Andrew Deckert said, “and we want to help kids foster their entrepreneurial spirit by offering a small relief to those who can’t operate their lemonade stands this summer.”
The Littlest Bailout Relief Fund will help “kids preserve the values of lemonade stands, honest work and entrepreneurship” the lemonade brand said in a statement about the campaign.
For a chance to receive some of the funds (which come via a $100 check or as a gift card), children and their guardians will need to apply online, and winners will be selected at random.
“The small business government bailouts helped some not-so-small companies, and Country Time hopes to help a real small business near and dear to us–lemonade stands,” Deckert said. “Country Time has a history of helping lemonade stands when they are in trouble, like stepping in to pay for permit fees and fines, and this year is no different.”
In 2018, Country Time launched “Legal Aid” to cover the cost of permits and fines, up to $300, for any children who were cited by local authorities for operating without business licenses.
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Nandita Vijayaraghavan, Country Time brand lead
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