About the Students of St. Patrick School:

St. Patrick School in Kent, Ohio was founded in 1886 and is home to more than 300 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Students have been actively involved in many different humanitarian efforts. They have raised funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's MATH-A-THON, the American Heart Association's Hoops for Hearts, and Akron Children's Hospital's Jump-a-Thon. In 2005, they raised more than $4,000 for Hurricane Katrina victims.

The students have also hosted lemonade stands for the last two years to raise money for cancer research. The lemonade stands have taken on a new meaning to the children at St. Patrick School. In March 2006, second grader Brian Montgomery lost his battle with brain cancer. Jack and Allison Huscroft heard about a young girl named Alex who also died of cancer, and they hosted lemonade stands at a horse track near her home for cancer research. In 2005 they hosted the first stand at their house and raised nearly $700 from the neighborhood. After reading coverage in the newspaper about their efforts, Andrew Fisher also hosted a lemonade stand at his house, raising $50 which he deposited into a benevolent fund for Brian Montgomery. In 2006 the Huscroft children again hosted lemonade stands, but this time they had the support of other friends around the community and several stands were hosted on the same day.

As the generosity of the entire student body grows, it is a wonderful testament to the faith of the children of St. Patrick School that it is just and right to do unto others as you would have done unto you.