Children from a neighborhood in Orlando, Florida opened a lemonade stand to boost cash and assist pay the vet payments of a Golden Retriever of their neighborhood that was hit by a bike.
Stevie, the five-year-old Golden Retriever proprietor by Marisol Serrano, acquired hit by a bike on the evening of September 14, Thursday.
In accordance with WESH, Stevie acquired hit by the motorcyclist whereas she was greeting Serrano’s daughter who simply got here dwelling from work.
After getting hit, Serrano’s daughter noticed Stevie collapse and barely had time to course of the incident earlier than the motorcyclist drove off the scene. Serrano remembers, “She [Serrano’s daughter] was like, ‘Hey, hey, you simply hit my canine!””
As a result of accident, Stevie was left with a punctured lung and fractured ribs. And she or he needed to spend six days within the intensive care unit.
When Serrano rushed Stevie to an animal hospital for surgical procedure, she reveals to USA TODAY that whereas her beloved pooch was within the hospital, she thought, “Please let the canine stay. I don’t need her to undergo as a result of I made a egocentric choice of maintaining her alive.”
Fortuitously, the surgical procedure was capable of save Stevie’s life. Nonetheless, whereas speaking to USA TODAY, Serrano stated she didn’t consider the $13,000 vet payments as a result of she was too centered on her canine’s well-being and restoration.
And that’s when the neighborhood youngsters enter the image — they determined to open a lemonade stand to assist pay for the pooch’s vet payments.
9 youngsters organized the lemonade stand and offered cookies, brownies, water, and naturally, lemonade.
Moreover, to verify they will make as a lot cash as they will for Stevie, they put up posters with lovable photographs of the Golden with a QR code connected for individuals who didn’t have money with them.
One of many youngsters who organized the lemonade stand stated, “Most individuals simply stopped by and gave cash as a result of it was Stevie.”
And on September 24, the youngsters handed the $400 money they raised and earned for Stevie to Serrano.
“I actually simply cried. It was so particular,” Serrano stated.
Serrano stated that greater than the financial donation, the visits and the help from the neighborhood has helped along with her pooch’s restoration and well being.
She tells USA TODAY, “The primary day they got here to see her, she didn’t even need to stand up. As a result of it hurts, you understand. And when she noticed the youngsters, she actually acquired up and her tail (wagged).”
Serrano additionally reveals that she stored getting messages about how individuals can assist Stevie, so she arrange a GoFundMe, which has now reached its $13,000 aim.
You possibly can observe Stevie’s restoration journey on her Fb web page here.
