{"id":62310,"date":"2025-07-13T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/62310\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:20:10","slug":"to-rebuild-camp-mystic-these-kids-are-selling-the-best-lemonade-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/62310\/","title":{"rendered":"To rebuild Camp Mystic, these kids are selling \u2018the best lemonade in Dallas\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

As kids are prone to do with school projects, Graham Goodin may have waited until the final hour \u2014 9 a.m. Saturday to be exact \u2014 to tell his parents about his business plans. So he quickly rallied his supplies and his team: fellow 12-year-old Caden Wallace and his sister, 10-year-old Everly Wallace.<\/p>\n

Seven hours in the summer heat and a whopping $550 later, Graham trudged down the last stretch of sidewalk and slumped into a gray lawn chair. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to be alright, buddy,\u201d his dad, Greg Goodin, 46, said, sitting alongside him in the driveway of their Lakewood home. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just walked two blocks carrying ice-cold lemonade,\u201d Graham replied. \u201cMy legs hurt, my fingers are numb.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\"USPSUSPS mail carrier Khalil Jackson receives a lemonade from Everly Wallace, 10, who is running a lemonade stand to raise money for Camp Mystic with Graham Goodin, 12, and Caden Wallace, 12, close to Loving Ave and La Vista Dr in Dallas\u2019 Lakewood neighborhood on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Camp Mystic lost at least 27 campers and counselors when historic floodwaters ravaged through the camp on July 4. (Juan Figueroa \/ Staff Photographer)<\/p>\n

After days spent consumed by the Kerr County floods, Graham and Caden had found themselves feeling restless. They\u2019d heard enough to know the Guadalupe River rose to historic heights just before dawn on July 4, sweeping away miles of homes, cars and families, killing at least 103 people in Kerr County alone.<\/a> Among the victims were nearly 30 girls \u2014 children near their age \u2014 and their counselors from Camp Mystic, a beloved Christian summer camp<\/a> in Hunt, Texas, that\u2019s drawn hundreds to the Hill Country for nearly a century. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt goes to show how big of a situation this is,\u201d Graham said. \u201cPeople aren\u2019t just putting green ribbons on their trees because it\u2019s something trendy on TikTok \u2014 no, this is a real-life event, it has major effects, and it\u2019s not just going to go away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Related:What was lost when parts of Camp Mystic, a beloved summer destination, washed away<\/a><\/p>\n

It can be hard to know what to do when tragedy strikes. In the week since the river rose, dozens of donation methods have been set up<\/a> to benefit the people of Kerr County: Restaurants are offering 100% of their proceeds, families of the victims are creating foundations and GoFundMes to honor their loved ones and lay them to rest, and organizations are asking for new volunteers as the first wave cycles out, worn down by days of wading through debris and destruction. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe can go down there and take them supplies \u2014 or we can do our best, right where we are,\u201d Greg said. \u201cThe old-school lemonade stand is not dead \u2014 and then you attach a good cause to it? Man, it\u2019s wildfire.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning,\u201d Graham added, \u201cit was pure rush hour.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CadenCaden Wallace, 12, holds some of the money raised for Camp Mystic through his lemonade stand close to Loving Ave and La Vista Dr in Dallas\u2019 Lakewood neighborhood on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Camp Mystic lost at least 27 campers and counselors when historic floodwaters ravaged through the camp on July 4. (Juan Figueroa \/ Staff Photographer)<\/p>\n

With the help of their families, the kids gathered a cooler chock-full of ice, towers of plastic red Solo cups and two pitchers. <\/p>\n

In blue, pink and green chalk, they decorated a homemade wooden stand posted under a yellow umbrella: \u201cLemonade, $1. All proceeds go to Camp Mystic.\u201d<\/p>\n

By 10 a.m., they were set up and making sales. <\/p>\n

Nearly every customer tipped \u2014 $3 here, $7 there. A group of Dallas firefighters swung by and gave $40, no lemonade required. One woman handed over two $50 bills. <\/p>\n

Graham, briefly rendered speechless, thanked her profusely: \u201cThe best money I\u2019ve spent all day,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Related:\u2018It doesn\u2019t look like we\u2019re going to make it.\u2019 D-FW couple\u2019s final calls haunt loved ones<\/a><\/p>\n

Traffic slowed down by late afternoon, barring the occasional delivery or mailman. <\/p>\n

About 5 p.m., as they were winding down for the night, a man pulled over in a gray SUV.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love some lemonade,\u201d he said from the driver\u2019s side window. <\/p>\n

\u201cPink or regular?\u201d Caden asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s go with regular,\u201d he replied, handing over a stack of $1 bills. <\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for the tip,\u201d Graham shouted as he stuffed them into a small wooden chest. The hundreds raised will all go toward efforts to rebuild Camp Mystic. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a sign of the best lemonade in Dallas,\u201d Greg said, \u201cand of the big, big heart behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"(From(From left) Caden Wallace, 12, Everly Wallace, 10, and Graham Goodin, 12, pose for a photo as they run a lemonade stand to raise money for Camp Mystic close to Loving Ave and La Vista Dr in Dallas\u2019 Lakewood neighborhood on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Camp Mystic lost at least 27 campers and counselors when historic floodwaters ravaged through the camp on July 4. (Juan Figueroa \/ Staff Photographer)<\/p>\n

On Sunday morning, Graham and Caden\u2019s families will first head to church. When they return home, they\u2019ll change into their summer clothes and set up shop. <\/p>\n

They\u2019ll do their best, right where they are.<\/p>\n

The lemonade stand will resume Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 7118 La Vista Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As kids are prone to do with school projects, Graham Goodin may have waited until the final hour…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":62311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,31674,1596,18717,50,358,31296,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-62310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-camp-mystic","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-hill-country","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-flooding","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114846133382233874","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}