Lemonade Hero: Tristan Davis

For some kids a lemonade stand may be a way to make a few extra dollars or a parent's way to get their children to spend time outdoors. For 9-year-old Tristan Davis, a lemonade stand meant so much more, a legal forever family and home.

Nestled in north Springfield, Missouri Tristan set up a lemonade stand alongside his family's garage sale and hopefully awaited customers. His goal of the day was to raise money to assist his guardians, Donnie & Jimmy Davis, with the legal fees associated with the adoption process. Each dollar he earned would be one step closer to his own adoption.

The Davises have been Tristan’s kinship guardians for the past four years. Adopting Tristan would be a, “reassurance for him, knowing that he has his forever family and he has our name,” Donnie told Springfield News-Leader.

Donnie’s yard sale and Tristan’s lemonade stand raised a total of about $7,100 which far surpassed their goal of $5,000 for legal and adoption fees. "It means everything. He is absolutely our son. He is in our hearts," Davis said.

Tristan took control of something he desperately wanted, his adoption, by utilizing basic business skills. He is a true young entrepreneur and we applaud him. He is a #LemonadeHero.

Photographs provided by: Andrew Jansen/Springfield News-Leader.