Gainesville native Kelsey Bishop decided after her second bout with cancer that she wanted to make a difference in the Gainesville community and follow her dreams to own her own business.
Lemonade Makers will be selling all Georgia made crafts, arts and goods; and a portion of the sales will go to Kelsey’s Cure, her foundation that was created after she was diagnosed with cancer. Kelsey’s Cure is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving individuals and caregivers affected by blood cancers and support organizations with the same goals.
She came up with the name Lemonade Makers because of her belief that you can always turn any obstacle into something special.
“I’ve always been a dreamer,” Kelsey said. “…a portion of all of our profits will go straight to Kelsey’s Cure, we’re going to have people come in and volunteer and people will be able to give back here.”
Shopping locally of course is a big trend but shopping for a cause has a little more meaning espe
cially to those who are suffering with cancer or have in the past.
The line up of locally sourced brands isn’t too shabby either! Some of the most popular local brands will be featured in the store like the popular Riley Clay Designs, Simply Adored and Seriously Happy, among other brands.
Riley Clay Designs is a wildly popular T-shirt company that is based in Gainesville that focuses on positive messaging on their shirts. The T-shirt that really took off for the company and into an internet hit was their “Jesus Saves Bro,” T-shirt that is made in infant to adult sizes.
Simply Adored is a custom handmade jewelry line that is made in Flowery Branch. The jewelry is customizable and in addition to handmade jewelry, the company can fix any beaded broken jewelry you may have. For contact information on that service, talk to Kelsey in the store anytime.
“We have locally roasted coffee and everything in the store is handmade,” she said. “We’ll hav
e Jaemor products and products, pottery…most of the products are from Hall County.
Throughout the year Lemonade Makers is going to be stocked with produce from Jaemor Farms, the first place that Kelsey worked in her life, like pumpkins and other fall goodies.
“We have a T-shirt line that is actually going to launch in the store. It’s called This Is Home, a Georgia based brand, and they is going to expand to do some 30501 items.”
The Grand Opening of Lemonade Makers is 10 to 5 p.m. Saturday Aug. 22 and there will be swag bags for those who attend, lemonade from Chick-fil-A and of course, shopping!
Lemonade Makers is located on 1175 Thompson Bridge Road, Suite B in Gainesville. For more information on hours call 678-943-6176 or head over to the Lemonade Makers Facebook page.
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