AREA YOUTH COMPETE FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS AND PRIZES

Louisville, KY ­­– Lemonade Day Louisville is hosting the second annual Best Tasting Lemonade Contest at the Muhammad Ali Center on April 14, 2018 from 1pm – 3:30 pm.  Ten young Lemonade Day Louisville entrepreneurs who submitted recipes and were selected to participate, will compete for first second, and third place cash prizes.  The Best Tasting Lemonade contest is held prior to Lemonade Day. It is one of three contests designed to reward the hard work of local young entrepreneurs.

Judges are measuring originality and quality of the lemonade itself, as well as creative theme and presentation.  This year’s VIP judges include former UofL basketball player Luke Hancock, Judge Derwin Webb, and Donald Lassere, President and CEO of the Muhammad Ali Center. 

“The Ali Center is proud to partner with Lemonade Day Louisville and support young local entrepreneurs,” said Lassere. “The Center’s youth social entrepreneurship program, UCREW, helps high school students build a strong foundation for launching social enterprise businesses. Working with Lemonade Day Louisville is a natural fit.”

To find out more information or to register for Lemonade Day Louisville, visit Louisville.lemonadeday.org.

NOTE:           News stations are invited to shoot video or still photos.

About Lemonade Day Louisville
Lemonade Day Louisville will be April 28, 2018. Our goal is to register 1000 youth who in turn will start new businesses all across Louisville on a single day. Learn more at Louisville.lemonadadeday.org.  Join us on social media: Facebook @LemonadeDayLou, Twitter @LemonadeDayLou, or Instagram @LouisvilleLemonade.

About the Muhammad Ali Center

The Muhammad Ali Center, a 501(c)3 corporation, was co-founded by Muhammad Ali and his wife Lonnie in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The international cultural center promotes the Six Core Principles of Muhammad Ali (Confidence, Conviction, Dedication, Giving, Respect, and Spirituality) in ways that inspire personal and global greatness and provides programming and events around the focus areas of education, gender equity, and global citizenship. Its newest initiative, Generation Ali, fosters a new generation of leaders to contribute positively to their communities and to change the world for the better. The Center’s headquarters also contains an award-winning museum experience. For more information, please visit www.alicenter.org.

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