NEW ORLEANS – On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans will join Lemonade Day Louisiana co-Founder and Georges Enterprises CEO John Georges, Lemonade Day Louisiana New Orleans City Champion Boysie Bollinger, as well as statewide business leaders and community partners to announce the official kick-off of Lemonade Day Louisiana at a special press conference, at Junior Achievement, 5100 Orleans Ave. in New Orleans.
Lemonade Day Louisiana is a free, statewide program dedicated to teaching children how to start, own and operate their own business through the simple and time-honored act of building and running a lemonade stand. Young entrepreneurs are provided with free, detailed support materials to help them establish their lemonade stand on Lemonade Day, Saturday, April 30.
Lemonade Day Louisiana was founded by entrepreneurs Todd Graves and John Georges in 2010 and has reached more than 75,000 kids. Lemonade Day's program is empowering today's youth to become tomorrow's entrepreneurs, one lemonade stand at a time.
Those expected to attend the press conference include:
• John D. Georges , Lemonade Day Louisiana Co-Founder
• Gumbo and Sir Saint, New Orleans Saints Mascots
• Donald "Boysie" Bollinger, New Orleans City Champion
• Maaliyah Papillion, Miss Louisiana USA 2016
• Ellie Picone, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2016
• Jordan Piazza, Lemonade Day Louisiana Executive Director
• The Saintsations
• The Pelicans Cheerleaders
• Dozens of Metro Youth