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The Mary Joy’s Lemonade Stand was an overwhelming success, raising over $9,000 for the family of Hadilee Arnold, one of the Troup High School students badly injured in a May car accident. 

The lemonade stand was hosted on Saturday by the Mary Joy Moosman Foundation, named for Mary Joy Moosman, a close friend of Arnold who passed away in the same accident. 

“My sisters and my children, we all talked about how if [Mary Joy] was here, we know she would be doing anything she could for her friend. If she were here, she would be willing to help Hadilee in any way possible,” said Amber Robinson-Moosman, Moosman’s mother and the founder of the foundation. 

The Foundation will host Mary Joy’s Lemonade Stand for many summers to come to help fund three scholarships for Troup High students in honor of Moosman. The first annual lemonade stand was held at four separate locations including Moosman’s home in West Point, Georgia, the Local Chiropractic in LaGrange, Georgia, the Springfield Historic District in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Piggly Wiggly in Ellaville, Georgia. 

All proceeds from this summer’s lemonade stand specifically went to Arnold’s recovery and her family who has remained by the student’s side in Atlanta while she is being treated at the Shepherd Center. Arnold is still recovering and funds will be given directly to her father, Toby Arnold, to help with medical needs. 

For those who were unable to come out and make a donation at one of the four locations, there are options to donate by Venmo to Toby Arnold @Hadilee-Strong or by Cashapp $HadileeStrong. 

Robinson-Moosman wrote in a statement, “Thank you to all of you for helping us bring MARYment and spread JOY to the Arnold family. Your donations from all four locations totaled just over $9,000. We are so very thankful for the outpouring of love and support.” 

Robinson-Moosman gave a shout-out to many people who made the day possible including Alex Weathers with Bridal and Brew for donating a bar cart for the day, Becca White for baking and donating the lemon and MJ bow cookies, Danielle Evans Designs for the permanent bracelets, the Robles Family for helping promote the event on their digital sign, Yates Printing for the flyers, Melissa Cotton, the cheerleaders from Troup High School that helped set up and serve and Moosman’s friends Susannah Lynn and Hunter Meadows.

She added a thank you “to all of my incredible family that gave their time and talents to make every detail just perfect at each location, to all of Mary Joy’s cousins for helping to host, make bracelets, create posters, and for serving our guests from each community. We are so very thankful for every act of kindness.”

For those that stopped by one or more of the stands, Robinson-Moosman asks for any pictures taken at the Mary Joy’s Lemonade Stand, and use the following tags when posting to social media: #bringMARYmentandspreadJOY #MaryJoysLemonadeStand 

If you’re interested in hosting Mary Joy’s Lemonade Stand in your community or making a donation to the Mary Joy Moosman Foundation for future scholarships, you may do so by contacting Robinson-Moosman by email at moosman@knology.net or call/text (706)773-6285. The Mary Joy Moosman Foundation website is coming soon.