two 8 - year - old girls in birmingham , kentucky , found in the united states have done a giant addition to the research and curing of breast cancer . victoria petrucelly and jesse 1205 along with colleagues from their third grade class at the christ school , raised roughly us $ 24 , 000 by lighting up drink vendors and growing pink watermelon . the two girls were thinking about starting the lemonade stand in 2008 , but were inspired to donate dollars , petrucelly ' s mother , who suffered from the disease , died on valentine ' s days , february 14 .
Victoria Petrucelly is a student from the Christ School.