{"id":12360,"date":"2019-09-04T00:15:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T03:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=12360"},"modified":"2019-09-04T00:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T03:15:48","slug":"raising-money-for-bueller-youngsters-feed-beachgoers-appetites-raising-money-to-save-texas-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=12360","title":{"rendered":"Raising money for Bueller: Youngsters feed beachgoers appetites; raising money to save Texas dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>OAKFIELD<\/strong>:\n On one of the last days of summer, five Halifax-area youngsters took \nadvantage of the hot summer sun to help raise money to bring a \nfour-legged furry friend destined to be euthanized in Texas to Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When\n Bailey and Ellie Nash and Sophia and Caiden MacDonald\u2019s parents told \nthem what their mothers friend was doing to save a dog, named Bueller, \nfrom high-kill shelter in Texas and bring him to Canada to live, the \nfour knew how they could help out. They setup a lemonade stand, complete\n with cookies, for those going and coming from Oakfield Park on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re  raising money to help my mom\u2019s friend bring home a dog from Texas,\u201d  said Bailey, taking a break from sales. \u201cSomeone in Texas has brought it  into their home and my mom is raising money to bring it to Canada to  find him a good home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lemonade stand for Bueller the dog\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wAyeDIu_6Uc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The four, all from Halifax, hoped to raise \n$100. They doubled that and raised $200 in donations from those who \nstopped by their lemonade stand on Oakfield Park Road, just after the \none-lane bridge. They are the nieces and nephews of Oakfield resident \nDarrell MacLean, a volunteer firefighter with Station 42 Wellington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales were steady at the lemonade stand, said Caiden, six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bailey, 8, explained why the four wanted to setup the fundraiser near Oakfield Park on the hot sunny day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s my mom\u2019s friend and I love animals,\u201d said Bailey, who has a cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caiden said the four kids friends and parents are thrilled at what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re very proud of us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four are going to volunteer at an animal shelter next year south of the border as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe\n shelter we\u2019re going to go to has more than 100 cats and lots and lots \nof dogs,\u201d added Bailey. \u201cWe want to help the animals out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OAKFIELD: On one of the last days of summer, five Halifax-area youngsters took advantage of the hot summer sun to help raise money to bring a four-legged furry friend destined to be euthanized in Texas to Canada. 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