Friends and family of Logan Pledger are hosting a lemonade stand July 18 to raise money for childhood cancer research.

Sarah and William Pledger, Logan’s parents, will host “Alex’s Lemonade Stand” (Foundation of Childhood Cancer) outside of Piggly Wiggly in Jemison in honor of their late son’s birthday.

Logan, a student at Thorsby, was diagnosed at age 9 with T-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on Jan. 5, 2011.

Over the next 11 months, Logan had six relapses and received treatment at three different hospitals in three states.

As he was recovering from pneumonia, Logan suffered a brain bleed on Nov. 9, 2011.

He passed away Dec. 2, 2011, at age 10.

The Pledger family has hosted a lemonade stand for the last four years as a way to honor Logan for his birthday.

“Childhood cancer is the least-funded of all cancers,” Sarah said. “It is significantly underfunded. Anything we can do to raise the much-needed funding is really helpful.”

All of the proceeds from the lemonade stand will benefit childhood cancer research.

The Pledger family will be at Piggly Wiggly from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. selling lemonade and cookies.

For those unable to attend the lemonade stand, donations can also be made online, in honor or in memory of Logan or another child.

“We just hope the community will come out and support cancer research,” Sarah Pledger said.

To donate online, click here