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The floating lemonade stand on Seattle’s Lake Union [Video]

Quinn and Kate Carner’s “Lemons for Good” donates a portion of earnings to nonprofits and micro-loans. #k5evening

SEATTLE — This story was originally published in 2021, but the lemonade stand is back open for 2023.

Boaters, kayakers and paddleboarders on Lake Union are growing accustomed to hearing a youthful voice calling out across the water, “Come get your lemonade!”

The voice belongs to Kate Carner (age 11) and occasionally her sister Quinn (age 8) as they work their summer job: serving drinks from a floating lemonade stand.

Like lots of kids their ages, the sisters wanted to serve their neighborhood. Only problem? Lake Union is their neighborhood.

“We moved to a boathouse so we can’t really have a lemonade stand because there’s nowhere really to do it,” Quinn said. “So we decided to do a floating lemonade stand.”

With the help of their dad Ned, the girls painted an old playhouse, secured it to floats, …

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