six 8 - months - age girls in orlando , florida , located in the union usa have made a big donation to the research and curing of throat cancer . alexandra petrucelly and ryan 1239 each with students from their third grade class at the christ school , spent almost nz $ 24 , 000 by starting up lemonade stands and selling pink drinks . the two girls were thoughts about starting the cider stand in 2008 , but were inspired to donate money before petrucelly ' s mother , a suffered from the disease , died on valentine ' s sunday , february 14 .
Victoria Petrucelly is a student from the Christ School.