'Lemon Aid' Stand Aids Evacuees

To help raise money for hurricane relief, kids around the country are setting up lemonade stands as one small way to make a difference.

But there's one lemonade stand in Ohio that's making a big difference. This past weekend, 4-year-old Cameron Frueh and his family raised more than $3,500 to help benefit children displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

After learning that his Aunt Chris' home just outside New Orleans was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and there were lots of little kids in that area who needed homes, Cameron decided to take action.

"Mom, we have to do something. I feel so sorry for the children down there," is what Cameron told his mother, Laurie, after watching the news and realizing what was going on.

"The wave comes in and knocks the trees down, and that's how it knocks the house down," Cameron explained to The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm. It was his sister Isabella, 14, who explained what a hurricane is by using toothpicks, their mother said.

"We talked and I said, 'What about a lemonade stand?' And that's what spawned it," Laurie Frueh said, with her son in her lap. "It was his idea for the Mardi Gras beads and to have the Mardi Gras theme."

Cameron said he wants to help "all the people that don't have homes in New Orleans" and with the money he wants to "get some food, and some water, and some toys."

Along with his brother Clayton, 2, sisters Isabella, 14, and Grania, 16, as well as his 6-year-old cousin Taylor McMullen of Dayton, Cameron has been selling lemonade and bottled water outside the family's home.

The plan was to just sell over the Labor Day weekend, but their stand, advertised by a sign reading "Lemon Aid," has made so much money that it will still be open on Wednesday after school.

"People are giving very generous donations," said Isabella Frueh. "A few men came along and gave a couple hundred for lemonade and a bottle of water. They just want to give. It's great."

The kids didn't set any prices, but asked people to donate something for a cool drink.

Most people donated $5 or $10 for a cup or two of lemonade, said Cameron's father, Douglas Frueh.

Asked how it makes him feel to help the boys and girls in New Orleans, Cameron says, "They don't have homes."

His sister Isabella said, "I am so proud. It's wonderful he wants to help people so much."

The family is hoping a bank or business will match the amount before it's donated to charity, Laurie Frueh said.