The main goal of Nevaeh’s Angel Foundation (NAF), is to alleviate the financial stress that cancer can bring by providing monetary support to families with children who have pediatric cancer, to assist with travel and hospital costs, accommodations, meals and so much more. Since 2014, NAF has helped over 86 families.

In 2014, four-year-old Nevaeh Denine of Goulds, NL was battling her second round of Neuroblastoma* when  she had the heartwarming idea to hold the “biggest lemonade stand ever” as a way to give back to her  community and to those who assisted her family in their time of need.

With the help of a dedicated committee of friends known as the Nevaeh’s Lemonade Stand Committee,  Nevaeh’s first lemonade stand was launched in July 2014 and raised over $22,000.00 to assist five children  with paediatric cancer and their families in Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Nevaeh’s Lemonade Stand turned into an annual summer celebration, raising thousands of dollars each year.  Each event was bigger and better than the previous, complete with carnival games, food vendors, live musical  performances and special celebrity appearances.

For ten months, Nevaeh was in remission from this disease and living life cancer free. But sadly, in February of  2016, her cancer relapsed and she began her battle with Neuroblastoma once again. Throughout her illness,  Nevaeh maintained a positive attitude with a fighting spirit. However, she unfortunately succumbed to her  illness in August 2018, just 10 days after her ninth birthday. Nevaeh’s last wish before she passed was for her  lemonade stand to continue in her name and this is a promise that the Nevaeh’s Lemonade Stand Committee  continues to honour.

After Nevaeh’s untimely passing, the Committee worked diligently with CRA and a local law firm to establish a registered charity in Nevaeh’s honour. In November  2019, Nevaeh’s Lemonade Stand was officially granted charitable status and going forward, will now be known  as Nevaeh’s Angel Foundation. 

The Nevaeh’s Angel Foundation logo is inspired by a drawing of an angel that Nevaeh drew before she passed  away. This drawing was discovered after her passing, but it is believed that this is how Nevaeh envisioned herself – as an Angel with long, strawberry blonde hair, with a bright and courageous smile and dancing in a  beautiful, purple dress. Nevaeh’s signature is used for the word “Nevaeh” and a yellow lemon halo over the  word “Angel” pays tribute to the legacy she created through her lemonade stand.