A 7-YEAR-OLD FROM ZELIENOPLE HAS RAISED THREE-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CHARITY THROUGH A LEMONADE STAND. RUBY BAKER IS A CONNOQUENESSING VALLEY ELEMENTARY STUDENT. SHE HOSTED THE STAND AT HER HOME TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF PITTSBURGH. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWSMAN PAT SEPTAK, RUBY’S MOTHER – AMBER BAKER – SAYS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HER DAUGHTER ALWAYS WANTED TO DO…

AMBER SAYS SHE DIDN’T STOP THERE…

AMBER SAYS SHE WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED – NOT JUST WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP, BUT WITH HOW MUCH THEY WERE GIVING…

AMBER SAYS SHE WAS MOVED TO TEARS OVER THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM STRANGERS…

AMBER SAYS SHE WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY RAISED IN SUCH SHORT OF TIME…

AMBER SAYS THIS WHOLE THING WAS HER DAUGHTER’S IDEA…

AMBER SAYS HER DAUGHTER DIDN’T WANT TO DO THE LEMONADE STAND UNLESS THE MONEY WENT TO CHARITY…

AMBER SAYS THE GO FUND ME PAGE IS STILL ACTIVE…AND IS STILL AVAILABLE TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL DONATIONS FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES…

– RUBY’S TWIN SISTER LUCY AND 5-YEAR-OLD SISTER PENNY ALSO WORKED THE STAND, WHICH ALSO SERVED FRUIT PUNCH, ICED TEA, HOT DOGS AND WATER.

– TOGETHER, THE GIRLS RAISED $900 AT THE LEMONADE STAND. AN ADDITINOAL $565 WAS COLLECTED THROUGH A GOFUNDME COLLECTION PAGE ESTABLISHED BY THE GIRLS’ PARENTS.

– THE BAKER FAMILY VISITED THE CHARITY EARLIER THIS WEEK TO PRESENT THE FUNDS AND TOUR THE FACILITY.