LemonAid 2026
The Tradition Continues!
Come celebrate the 25nd Annual Bonnie Brae LemonAid Stand LIVE!
We’ll be back with lemonade, popcorn, photo booth, cotton candy, music, games and more! Twenty-four years ago it started. A simple lemonade stand on September 11. “Hey, neighbors, on this anniversary of a sad day, let’s do something good.” We’ve been “turning lemons into lemonade” since then and raised over $707,000 for children’s charities in the River Forest and surrounding areas. Join us again LIVE this year on Bonnie Brae.
This Year’s LemonAid Charity Partners
All of the past LemonAid Charities have been invited to return for our 25th Anniversary,
and we were able to connect with nearly all them!
2026 LemonAid will support: Amity School Children's Aid | Beat The Streets | The Childrens Clinic | The Clustor Tutoring Program | Collaboration for Early Childhood | Friends of the Children | Hephzibah Children's Association | The Holiday Food Gift Basket | A House in Austin | Kindness Creators | Maywood Fine Arts | National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) | New Moms | Oak-Leyden Development Center | Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation | Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry | Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society | Opportunity Knocks | PACTT | Parenthesis Family Center | Providing Instruments for the Next Generation (PING) | PTMAN | Sarah's Inn Shriners Hospital for Children | Thrive Counseling Center | West Suburban Special Recreation | Wonder Works Children's Museum | Youth Educational Mentoring Basketball Association (YEMBA)
Here’s what to expect…
Make one donation and then everything’s FREE
Opening ceremony commemorating the 9-11 victims with remarks from co-chairs, village officials and supported charities
Unlimited lemonade, this year courtesy of Oak Park Arms
DJ and live music at the entertainment stage
Family friendly, even with places to sit and relax
Kids’ activities and storytelling from the River Forest Library
Photo booth
Popcorn, cotton candy and more
