Picking up 2011 Lemonade Day (May 1) backpacks

Anchorage companies and organizations are joining forces to encourage young entrepreneurs to open for business on Lemonade Day. This innovative program, Lemonade Day, will be held on Sunday, May 1, 2011. Lemonade Day is a free, community-wide program dedicated to teaching children how to start, own and operate their own business through the simple and time-honored act of building and running a lemonade stand.

This year, the goal of Lemonade Day is to have 1,100 new entrepreneurs hit the streets of Anchorage on Sunday, May 1. On Lemonade Day, everyone has a job -- either buying or selling lemonade. Anchorage residents are encouraged to simply purchase a cup of lemonade from one of the youth participating in the program, to demonstrate how our community cares for the future of youth in Anchorage.

Online Registration - Opens Spring 2011
Once you have signed up for Lemonade Day you will receive an email confirmation. Take your confirmation email to any of the participating locations listed below to pick up your backpack, which includes your Entrepreneur Workbook and Caring Adult Guide.

Physical Registration - Begins April 2011
You can also register (by competing a registration form) and pickup your Lemonade Day backpack at any of the participating locations listed below.

April 8 from 4-7 p.m. in the University Center Atrium

April 9 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the University Center Atrium

The University Center is located at 3800 Old Seward Highway.

April 16, Kids Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center

Lemonade Day Anchorage is presented by the UAA College of Business and Public Policy and the UA Center for Economic Development. Thanks to local sponsors, Lemonade Day provides youth with the free materials and support they need to be in charge of their own entrepreneurial destiny. Presenting sponsors are: BP, ConocoPhillips and Wells Fargo. Additional contributing sponsors, include: Alaska Permanent Capital Management, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Arctic Wire Rope and Supply, ENSTAR Natural Gas Company and McKinley Capital Management LLC.

Lemonade Day is also grateful for support from Anchorage School District, Municipality of Anchorage, military community partners, Junior Achievement, Boys & Girls Clubs, Cook Inlet Tribal Council and the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation.

To sign up or learn about ways that everyone can get involved in Lemonade Day, Sunday, May 1, 2011, please visit http://alaska.lemonadeday.org. For information about sponsorships, partnerships or donations, please contact Christi Bell at (907) 786-5444 or lemonadeday@uaa.alaska.edu.