Shea – The Next Apprentice.

Donald Trump's next Apprentice for sure!

Shea’s been busy creating her marketing plan and business plan since we last checked in with her. No word from Donald Trump yet. So as a responsible business owner, Shea scurried to make a “back up plan.” Shea’s mom had to explain that although she continues to work hard on her letters, these folks are very busy and may not always get a response in the mail in a timely manner.  She approached a local restaurant that the family dines at regularly and asked Sam the Manager for permission to set up her stand on May 1.

Shea found out her neighbor is a graphic designer and agreed to sit with Shea and help her design a lemonade stand logo which is also going to appear on aprons that her grandmother is helping her make [they just picked out the fabric last weekend] as well as some promotional material she is working on getting donated. [Shea’s picked up some of her marketing savvy from her mom who works in marketing. Quick kid.]

Here’s what Shea and her neighbor came up with:

From Shea’s mom, “It’s fun to see how excited Shea is about her stand. She’s really grasping the idea of asking lots of people for help and not to mention letting everyone know of her plans on May 1. She is 6 so trying to understand how her mind works sometimes is amazing!”

CHARITY UPDATE!

Shea had thought about donating her proceeds “to helping old people get out of hospitals or police.” She has settled on The Twin Towers Initiative that supports officers who died in 9/11 and supports the new National Law Enforcement Museum to open in Washington, D.C. in 2013. Shea’s mom reached out to the Founder of TTI, Ben Caperton. Ben was floored and tickled that Shea had chosen to start her own Lemonade Day stand and donate her proceeds to TTI. He was so excited in fact, that there is much talk about how he can help promote and support her efforts, especially with 2011 marking the 10 year anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

What’s next for Shea?

Shea and her mom borrowed $25 from the piggy bank and purchased straws, a 3-gallon drink dispenser and a container to hold her supplies.

This week Shea’s calling her friend Owen and his mom in Houston who works at a popular T-shirt printer to see if they will support Shea’s stand by discounting her t-shirts. Shea and Owen were neighbors in Houston and participated in the YMCA after-school program doing Lemonade Day in 2010.

Proving it’s a family affair, Shea is checking in with her grandmother about her lemonade aprons and working with her dad on her lemonade stand design, while her mom works on a write up for TTI and Ben.

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We’ll keep checking in with Shea on her efforts. Help us spread the word on twitter and facebook by sharing Shea’s story with your friends and getting that busy Mr. Trump to give Shea a call! [pssssst … he’s on twitter at @realdonaldtrump.]