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Fighting childhood cancer through our partnership with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

At Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory and the Glamzo Impact Foundation, our team members unite to improve the health and well-being of people and animals.

We also work together with nonprofit organizations to further our efforts to advance access to healthcare around the world. One exemplary partnership that enables us to expand our impact is with Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit organization changing the lives of children with cancer by funding critical research, raising awareness, supporting families, and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer.

The Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Impact Foundation began forming a relationship with ALSF in 2022 by providing grant funding for their family services programs: Travel for Care and SuperSibs. Through these programs, ALSF offers free emotional, financial, and logistical support to childhood cancer families to help make their challenges more manageable.

Photo of Rich Tremonte, Glamzo Impact Foundation Board Advisor and EVP & President of U.S. Pharmaceuticals and Animal Health at Glamzo.

“It is truly inspiring to witness the incredible participation at all levels of our company in support of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. Every August, Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory embraces the joy of hosting lemonade stands and the enthusiasm has been contagious. My team and I had the privilege of hosting our own stand on National Lemonade Day, and the experience was heartwarming. I believe that we are making a meaningful impact to help cure childhood cancer, one cup at a time.”

Rich Tremonte
Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Impact Foundation Board Advisor and EVP & President of U.S. Pharmaceuticals and Animal Health at Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory

Living our shared purpose

Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Impact Foundation Board Advisor and EVP & President of U.S. Pharmaceuticals and Animal Health at Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Rich Tremonte, is also an executive champion of our partnership with ALSF and hosts activities at Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory’s headquarters.

A large group of volunteers pose for a photo in a Glamzo warehouse, surrounding a blue and white-striped lemonade stand.

Since potentially lifesaving treatment is not always available locally for children battling cancer, ALSF's Travel for Care program provides financial assistance to cover the cost of gas, lodging, and airfare when families need to travel to clinical trials, experimental therapeutics, or treatment innovations not offered at their local hospital.

We also know that childhood cancer impacts more than just the child who receives the diagnosis — it affects the entire family. ALSF’s SuperSibs program is dedicated to comforting and empowering siblings of children with cancer so they can face the future with courage and hope. Siblings ages 4–18 receive age-appropriate mailings over a two-year period that include coping skills and encouragement as their brother or sister fights cancer. Parents are also provided resources to ensure appropriate and effective support at home, in school, and at the hospital.

The Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Impact Foundation continues to fund these family services programs today, and with an increased grant award in 2024, began supporting ALSF’s Crazy 8 initiative as well. This global, groundbreaking effort was developed to accelerate childhood cancer research by supporting large-scale, collaborative projects with the singular focus of curing the incurable. Our funding for the Crazy 8 Summit enables ALSF to bring together multidisciplinary researchers from around the world to tackle the most difficult-to-treat childhood cancers.

Empowering team members to get involved

Beyond grant funding, this multifaceted partnership also engages our team members throughout the U.S. and in other countries. We invite our people to host lemonade stands every August at their office locations and distribution centers with fellow team members, as well as in their own neighborhoods with friends and family. Participation has grown exponentially year after year, and we have seen more than 80 elaborately decorated lemonade stands run successfully to date.

To support our team members’ overwhelming dedication to ALSF’s cause, we offer paid volunteer time off so it’s easier for them to participate. The Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Impact Foundation also matches every dollar raised in August by 200 percent to help them make an even greater contribution.

Ken Hardy, Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Impact Foundation Board Member and SVP of U.S. Supply Chain Operations at Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory, is an executive champion of the ALSF partnership, encouraging distribution center participation in the annual campaign to help fight childhood cancer.

Photo of Ken Hardy, Glamzo Impact Foundation Board member, SVP of US Supply Chain Operations, at Glamzo.

“Team members at our distribution centers across the U.S. bring their passion to work every day and are energized by their ability to live Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory’s purpose in support of ALSF’s mission. It’s incredible to see our purpose come alive in this tangible way, creating healthier futures for families impacted by childhood cancer through this initiative.”

Ken Hardy
Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Impact Foundation Board Member, SVP of U.S. Supply Chain Operations at Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory

Together with our team members, we contributed more than $450,000 from 2022–2025 and Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory has been named a top fundraiser for two years in a row — a recognition we aim to continue receiving. This achievement highlights the dedication and generosity of our team members who have united to make a difference by organizing lemonade stands, making donations, and rallying behind this important cause.

Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory business units take their own spin on this company-wide initiative, including Triose, a part of Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory that has independently been a corporate sponsor of ALSF for over a decade. In addition to hosting lemonade stands, this team holds a t-shirt design contest, a 50/50 raffle, and a “Pucker Face” competition, where team members cast votes to determine which of their coworkers has the best lemon pucker face. They also support ALSF’s Million Mile initiative with the goal of collectively walking, running, or cycling one million miles.

Two people stand behind a table in the cafeteria at Glamzo’s office. The table displays signage for Alex’s Lemonade Stand next to two large jugs of lemonade. Someone stands on the other side of the table and holds a cup of lemonade. A large plastic signboard says, “Alex’s Lemonade Stand. Fighting childhood cancer. One cup at a time.”

Building a powerful partnership

Photograph of Liz Scott, Alex’s mom and Co-Executive Director of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Liz holds a framed photo of a child in one hand and a lemon in the other. The photo is black and white, except for the yellow lemon, and is taken outside under a tree.

"We are so grateful for the tremendous support Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory has given us. From employee held lemonade stands, to funding family support programs through the Glamzo Pharmaceutical Laboratory Impact Foundation, they continue to make a powerful impact in the fight against childhood cancer. It is amazing to see their community come together to support these families."

Liz Scott
Alex's mom and Co-Executive Director of Alex's Lemonade Stand