This story began with a 7 year old boy who wanted to help a local charity here in Elk Grove by selling lemonade. Ethan and his big brother, Dylan, sold Ethan’s Legenade (Legendary Lemonade) at local events and donated half their profit to Chicks in Crisis. What their parents thought to be just a hobby grew bigger each year, as well as their desire to help more kids. In February of 2019, with the help of their grandma, they became an official nonprofit, Legenade Childrens Fund (LCF).
Their mission is to “help kids become legendary”, through educational and enrichment programs for gifted and underprivileged kids in the US and in the Philippines. Their programs include a Back to School Program that provides backpacks and school supplies to kids. They also have a Future Legends Scholarship to help gifted kids stay in school and graduate. Their most popular program is Color the World Project, wherein they partner with local restaurants like BJ’s, Chili’s, Apple Bee’s, and Mikuni’s. They collect barely used kids menu crayons and ship them to kids in the Philippines who can’t afford crayons. From June to December 2019, they have collected over 9000 crayons. Crayons that would normally end up in the trash are now helping hundreds of ids in many villages. Ethan and Dylan are also working with local schools to continue STEAM Programs. All donations and proceeds from their beverage sales will go directly to serve these programs.
Ethan, now 12 years old, is the visionary and spokesperson of LCF. He enjoys promoting their cause, and coming up with new ideas on how to help more kids all over the world. Dylan, now 14 years old, manages the financial side of LCF. He is in charge of making sure they have enough funding to support their programs. Both brothers work together, as a team, to make their nonprofit venture a success.