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Kids sell lemonade to fight malaria


Staff photo by Robb Pittard Alyssa Williams, 7, left, and Torrie Phillips, 9, choose cookies for Patricia Moore, center, from Redwater, Texas, at Skate America day care. Dani Barentine,7, and Andrea Larry, 8, sell lemonade and cookies Friday afternoon for the Nothing But Nets program that provides mosquito nets for children in Africa to protect against malaria.
Texarkana kids are helping African kids at Children’s Beginnings day care, attached to Skate America, where they are raising money by selling lemonade to buy mosquito nets to protect against malaria. “Giving to those in Africa and learning to share with other kids in need, it makes me feel wonderful inside,” said Zakayyah Holmes, 11, who goes to the day care and will attend Texas Middle School in the fall. The day care children are raising money through the sale of soft, chewy cookies and ice cold lemonade to contribute to Nothing But Nets. The kids also made colorful post...
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