A GROUP of schoolgirls have turned into entrepreneurs during the summer break to raise cash for a flower bed to benefit residents of an Orchard Park care home.
Chloe McDermott, 11, of Axdane, was so successful selling lemonade with ice and lemon from a stall in her street during the heatwave, she now plans to sell buns and bric-a-brac.
All the money she raises from her efforts will be used to pay for flowers and shrubs needed to create a colourful display for residents at Holy Name Care Home in Hall Road.
Chloe, who left The Greenway Academy last month, said: "We want to do something to help the local community and brighten up the care home."
Following the success of a stall last month, which raised £28.75, Katie plans – with help from friends Katie Conway, 13, and Abigail Borough, 11 – to expand the money-spinner.
"We will be making buns and selling them on the stall on August 16," said Chloe who will start Newland School for Girls in September.
"We are also looking for bric-a-brac."
Chloe's mother, Samantha McDermott, said: "My daughter wants to make a scenery area for the care home residents.
"It's a nice building, but there isn't much colour at the moment."
The stall proved a hit last time.
"Chloe has done really well – they all have," said Mrs McDermott. "The lemonade was bought, but they served them to people with ice and a slice of lemon. They were selling like there was no tomorrow.
"We're still short of things to sell, so if any Mail reader has anything suitable, they would love to hear from them."
The girls, who call themselves The Axdane Heroes, are taking part in Humberside Police's Lifestyle project, which encourages youngsters to use the summer break to benefit their local communities.
In a separate fundraising effort, Katie recently collected £80 from a sponsored head-shave.
Mrs McDermott said: "A lot of pensioners in the area bought the lemonade last time.
"They would stop and have a nice drink and a chit-chat with the children – it's lovely."
Mrs McDermott said increasingly children get "lumped together" with trouble-makers.
"Things like this help build relationships between the generations," she said. "It's nice to see."
