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Who is going to the San Diego County Fair this year? The theme is “Heroes Reunite”, featuring the usual super heroes, but also people in the community who have worked to help others in their community. I feel extremely honored to be featured with other community heroes in the Hall of Heroes this year. My heart is full of gratitude for everyone who supported my lemonade stand over the years, so that I would be able to give back to the people I was able to. I’m especially grateful for all of the people who showed up to my lemonade stand to show my friend Flex for Kal lots of love by raising funds for his treatments. A lot of the funds that were raised for Kal wouldn’t have been possible without Kramer, Geena, Jess, CRiz, Batta Fulkerson Law Group, Jersey Mike's Subs and Channel933, or news reporters like Bree Steffen Stories, Omari Fleming NBC 7 or Abbie Alford.

If you see my exhibit, please tag me in a picture of it! As always, if you’re still looking to support my efforts in raising funds for my friend Kal, who is still trying to live his best life with his fatal disease, please check out the link in my bio to help fund the research for a cure through Cure Rare Disease. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a terrible disease and I hope a cure can be found in time to save my friend’s life. As far as I’m concerned, he is the real hero and deserves to live a long and healthy life like the rest of us kids.

Tomorrow is my birthday! I’m going to be 11. For my birthday, I am asking my parents to contribute to my friend Flex for Kal’s funds so that he can be a part of the next promising study with Cure Rare Disease. He needs $25k to secure his spot, and that will provide him with a chance to be one of the first kids to survive Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and receive millions of dollars in treatment.

Right now, my friend is dying from DMD. There is no cure. There are only treatments that help slow down the rapid progression of muscle deterioration, and heart/lung failure. This is my friend Kal. He is 7. He is one of my favorite friends and I have known him since he was a baby. We play video games together almost everyday. We like to bother our parents by yelling loudly.

If you would like to celebrate my birthday with me by donating to Kal’s funds, I would be so thankful. You can donate here:

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/cure-rare-disease/flex-for-kal

I just got my Flex for Kal shirt today 💪💚💪 50% of all Flex for Kal gear will go to Cure Rare Disease, an organization making a lot of progress in finding a cure for kids like Kal and Wishes For Drew.

If you didn’t know, my friends Kal and Drew are fighting for their lives against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It’s a rare fatal disease that moves quickly. There are no survivors of Duchenne. Kids with DMD often lose their ability to walk by 12 and lose their lives by mid 20s. This is why I raise funds and awareness. Thank you for your help in helping me help my friends.

Since the weather has been so hot, I’m going to set up my lemonade stand for some shaved ice tomorrow. Come by! I’ll be there at 12 and probably close up around 3:30-4?

I’m next to Plant Power!

Thanks to everyone who came out today and this weekend. I was able to pay forward over $400 in just 3 days thanks to you 🍧💓🍋 if you would like to donate directly to the places I have been donating to, please check out Flex for Kal and Wishes For Drew to help them fight for their lives against . I have also been donating to Equal Justice Initiative because I want to live in a country where my Black friends are treated the same way I am.

Kip, the sign guy, made me a sign for my lemonade stand! I’m going to be out there at 4 this afternoon, to serve up some shaved ice 🍧 hope to see you!

Thank you to everyone who came by for shaved ice this weekend. I had lots of fun getting my stand out again, I ate way too many snow cones and I got to help my friends and other people I care about with some donations 💓 hope you all had a safe and fun week and I hope to see you guys on Wednesday!

The weather this weekend is perfect for shaved ice! I will be serving shaved ice for anyone who wants one starting at 12 💓 hope to see you on this beautiful Sunday!

Hi! I can’t wait to see you today! Come by and grab some shaved ice to cool off on a hot day 🍧 I am excited to be behind my stand again. Yesterday, I got to hang with my friends Kal and Drew while they got much needed but very expensive treatments to help keep them alive and healthy as possible. Today, at least 60% of the portions raised today will go to helping my friends Flex for Kal and Wishes For Drew to keep getting much needed treatments in their fight against the fatal Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, so they can be here when a cure is discovered, and to assisting the Equal Justice Initiative, so that racial equity can be a reality.

Hi! My Aunty Bean and Uncle Bruce just made a big donation to Flex for Kal to help us make a video for awareness about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Would you please consider helping? We are hoping to create some awareness videos and we really need help funding the creation of these videos. We only need about 7-10 business to make $500-1000 tax deductible donations to make this video happen.

It is very important to me that we make this video, because DMD is a rare diagnosis, and not many know how horrible it is. While we all have so much hope that Kal will beat this, the reality is that this disease is quickly working to take his life.

No one has survived this diagnosis. There is no cure. His family was told “there is nothing they can do” when they received the diagnosis that Kal is dying right before Christmas in 2018.

If you haven’t heard of DMD before, here is what it means:

- Death in his early 20s is very big possibility for Kal
- He will probably be in a wheel chair by 12. He just turned 7 and already needs assistance to stand
- His last heart evaluation looked great, but if we don’t bring awareness and find a way to find the science for a cure, he will face severe heart issues
- Chances are, he will die from heart and/or lung complications. It is most likely that he will be mostly immobile in the last years of his life, and won’t be able to breathe with out a ventilating machine
- He constantly hears about how short his life is and his parents have to talk constantly have conversations with him about the fact he is dying

We are keeping our hopes high, but...we have to remember the dire need for a cure as soon as possible. And for that to happen, we need more people to understand what Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

To all my fellow business owners, friends and marines - I wanted to take a moment and encourage you to join me in raising awareness for Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy. We’re hoping for another 7-10 businesses to join us by making a donation of $500-$1000+. We know it’s a large amount to request, but it will bring awareness that could be potentially life changing for these families and their children.

By making a tax deductible donation you will be sponsoring our close family friend Rick Hamilton, while he runs a 200 mile race to raise awareness for DMD! Your sponsorship will help fund a videographer who will follow Rick throughout his race, educate others about DMD, and share Kal’s story. Your business name and logo will be shared throughout the story, and you too-will become a part of the race to save the lives of these boys!

DMD is a severe form of muscular dystrophy which causes the muscles in the body to become weak and damaged over time- it is eventually fatal. Currently, there is no cure, but there are studies being done to help improve quality of life. And of course, we’re always praying for a breakthrough that will result in a cure for our friend Kal and all of the children who suffer from this disease.

Each day Rick and Nancy make Kal’s health their number one priority, but as you can imagine it is no easy task. Both being Marine veterans, they do not shy from hard work and that is apparent when you see how dedicated they are in the fight for Kal’s life. Please consider joining the fight with us, for Kal and all the other families threatened by DMD.

Please reference the timeline/information below to better understand the progression of the disease and our need to fight fast and hard!

Thank you to everyone who came out to help me raise money for my friend Flex for Kal! We were able to raise $1,100 today and it was a lot of fun watching stunts and the slow race and the raffles. Thank you to Bryant Tuck for organizing all of this, and thank you to Patrina and New York Mike of San Diego Harley-Davidson for hosting today’s event. And another big thanks to everyone who donated their time, money and merch to today: Batta Fulkerson Law Group, JAM'N 95.7 San Diego's Hip Hop and R&B Radio Station, Frankie V, iHeartRadio, MotoMilitant, Lee's Cycle, The Sic Shop, Roame, 619 Kneedraggrz, Towing Hauling Moving, Stunt Daily, Nokturnal Ryderz MC, Fearless Stunters Nation MC, Rough Breed Riderz MC, Above Average MC and everyone who came by my lemonade stand. I hope to see you all again soon!!

My friend Flex for Kal’s dad is a superhero and ran the NYC Marathon to bring awareness to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy so that a cure can be found and save Kal’s life. GO RICK!

My friend Flex for Kal is 6 and he is battling a terminal disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. His parents are amazing and doing everything they can to help him fight this battle. Rick, his dad, is running the NYC Marathon to bring awareness to the disease and to increase chances of discovering a cure. You can follow along and cheer him on with the NYC Marathon app!

Go Rick! Go Kal!

MY DADDY'S BAND Sandollar IS GOING TO BE ON TV!

Who watches Magnum P.I.? Tune into CBS this Friday @9/8c to hear our song “Smoke in my Coffee”!

Sunday, November 3rd, 10am to 4pm at San Diego Harley-Davidson, come have some fun and help us raise money for life saving treatments for my little buddy, Kal!

My friend Bryant wanted to help me help Flex for Kal, so he collaborated with Batta Fulkerson Law Group and San Diego Harley-Davidson put on a charity stunt show and slow race. Frankie V from JAM'N 95.7 San Diego's Hip Hop and R&B Radio Station will be there on the music, and I will be there with some ice cold lemonade! The Sic Shop and friends will be doing stunts and there will be so many awesome raffles prizes.

Without my community, I wouldn’t be able to do cool things for others with my lemonade stand and art sales. I love Ocean Beach, San Diego. Thank you to the Ocean Beach Town Council for my really cool Humanitarian award and recognizing my hard work.

It was cool to get certificates by people like Todd Gloria, Jennifer Campbell, Toni G. Atkins, Scott Peters and other people who help shape the laws of our country. It was EVEN COOLER to get recognized alongside people like Electric Waste Band, OB Hardware, ZenTotz, Stephanie Logan, Wow Cafe, Holly Strum, Surfrider Foundation San Diego, Giovanni Ingolia and the late Jim Bell.

Thank you for all being there for me and making sure all of us OB kids get to live in cool community. Oh! And thank you Wonderland Ocean Pub for dinner!