While most kids will be opening lemonade stands to earn extra pocket money this summer, 9-year-old Tristan Jacobsen has a special reason for doing it.
When Tristan’s biological mother abandoned him at a shelter for years ago, Donnie and Jimmy Davis took Tristan into their Michigan home.
The Davis’ have been a part of Tristan’s life since he was just 3 months old, but had to give up custody when he was 2 and a half. Tristan’s biological mother wanted her son back but after making destructive decisions that were harming Tristan, Davis was contacted by police to take Tristan. Without hesitation, Davis was happy she could finally bring Davis back to her home. Tristan was 5 when he was reunited with Davis, and in 2014, Davis became Tristan’s legal guardian.
“The beginning of this year, we said we were going to do the level adoption,” Davis said.
But the legal fees for adoption were getting close to $10,000 which Davis and her husband could not afford.
“Anything I could downgrade to save money, I did,” said Davis, noting the family got cheaper cell phone service, cheaper internet and television plans, and canceled summer vacation plans and started planning a yard sale.”
Tristan, wanted to help raise the money, so he decided to set up his own lemonade stand, and he sat outside his home in Springfield selling bottles of lemonade he made from lemonade packets.
“He wants the adoption really, really badly,” Donnie Davis told ABC News.
Surprising everyone, the lemonade stand wound up attracting hundreds of people. “We had people drive over 2 and a half hours to come see Tristan,” Davis said.
The family wound up raising $7,100 in total, and the bulk of the money came from the lemonade stand which raised them $6,500.
Davis also set up a fundraising page on YouCaring.com that has raised over $9,000 and counting. Davis is now confident that they will have the funds they need to pay all of the legal fees.
“I’m kind of in shock from all the support we’ve received,” Davis said.
Tristan’s formal adoption should be finalized by October 2016.
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