A heartbroken girl decided to open a lemonade stand to raise money to pay for her mother’s headstone after she died unexpectedly last month.
Emouree Johnson, 7, opened her booth Friday and raised nearly $10,000 in honor of her late mother, Karli Bordner, 29, who died suddenly in March.
As the news spread Scottsboro, Alabama, and on social media, people from all over came out to support her.
Emouree sold each mug for $1 and also received heartfelt suggestions from firefighters, neighbors, nurses and police officers in her hometown.
“I didn’t know that just making some lemonade would attract so many people,” Emouree said. WAF.
Emouree Johnson, 7, opened her own lemonade stand Friday and raised nearly $10,000 for her late mother’s headstone.
His mother, Karli Bordner, died suddenly in March. It is unclear how she died.
When asked where she got her value ethic, Emouree said, “my mom,” as she stood behind a table in her yard and filled cup after cup with lemonade for the community.
“Emouree is so special, if you haven’t figured it out,” said her grandmother Jennifer Bordner.
It is unclear how Karli died, but a funeral was held for the mother on March 18 at Rudder Funeral Home, according to her obituary.
TO GoFundMe The page was also created in Karli’s honor and, as of Sunday afternoon, had raised more than $4,000 and described her as a “loving mother, daughter, sister and cousin.”
Jennifer posted several photos of her daughter with Emouree on her Facebook page as friends and family flooded her comments with condolences and heartfelt messages.
“I love that girl… She was a pleasure to be around,” one person said.
Another person said: ‘I carry you in my heart!’
Emouree sold each mug for $1 and also received heartfelt suggestions from firefighters, neighbors, nurses and police officers in her hometown of Scottsboro, Alabama. (in the photo: she and her mother)
“Emouree is so special, if you haven’t figured it out,” said her grandmother Jennifer Bordner.
In one post, Emouree was seen at a cemetery while smiling with flowers around her.
‘Thank you all so much for the love you showed our Karli Bordner. RIP my angel,” Jennifer said.
In another post, Emouree was seen hugging her mother while smiling.
Jennifer said: ‘Karli, I hope you can see what your beautiful baby is doing! All the love and help from everyone! We love you and miss you so much!’
While serving city residents, he posed for photos with firefighters, who even let him try out the hose and wear one of their helmets. A group of bikers also visited her booth and let her ride one of the bikes while she posed for a photo.
Emouree’s lemonade stand has received so much attention that several monument companies have reached out and offered to cover the cost of her mother’s headstone.
In one post, Emouree was seen at a cemetery while smiling with flowers around her.
While serving city residents, he posed for photos with firefighters, who even let him try out the hose and wear one of their helmets.
Money raised at the stand will now go towards other costs = the family has endured this difficult time.
‘I was amazed. She cried happy tears,” Jennifer said.
Emouree said she knows her mother would be proud of her as her grandmother said the young woman completely understands the loss of her mother.
‘Yeah. “She would say I’m doing well,” Emouree said.
‘As if she knows mom is okay now. “She knows she’s going to be okay and everyone loves her and cares about her,” Jennifer said.
“All these people showing all this and trying to help are actually helping the whole family heal.”