Your Local News in 6 Languages! Scan Here to Subscribe! Vol. 32, No.33 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Local sisters Jordan and Kayla Martelli continue raising money for Conn. girl stricken with cancer with Alex’s Lemonade Stand By Neil Zolot S ince 2012 sisters Jordan, 16, and Kayla Martelli, 19, have been selling lemonade to raise money to cure cancer. “We had a bucket list and one of the items was to have a lemonade stand, but wanted to donate what we made,” Kayla remembers. An Internet search by their mother, Susan, yielded information about Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a charity foundation named after Alexandra Scott, a Connecticut girl born in 1996 stricken with cancer, who raised money before dying in 2004. “What better cause is there to help?” Susan asks rhetorically. “The site broke my heart. Many people in my family have died from cancer, but they were older.” Every summer the girls set up a lemonade stand at their house on Dale Street to sell drinks and take donations. It is the culmiS 781-286-8500 Friday, August 18, 2023 School Board seeks class day ban on all student mobile devices Community meeting on cell phone policy being planned for Sept. By Barbara Taormina tudents in Revere public schools cannot use cell phones during class time and they must keep all devices in backpacks or lockers until the end of the school day. But the issue is up for debate. The Revere School Committee struggled this week with setting a revised district-wide policy on cell phones. Revere is hardly alone. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 77 percent of PHONES | SEE Page 19 Proud parents Don and Susan Martelli with daughters Kayla and Jordan at their Alex’s Lemonade Stand outside their Dale St. home. (Advocate photo by Neil Zolot) nation of a two-month effort that also raises money through a donation page on the Alex’s Lemonade Stand website. During the pandemic year of 2020, it was a virtual stand. Over the years they’ve raised close to $60,000 and received recognition from the Alex Foundation as top fundraisers in 2018 and 2019. They’ve also been recognized by the City Council and received the Key to the City from Acting Mayor Patrick Keefe when they set up their lemonade stand Saturday, August 12. Kayla also did a summer internship in Keefe’s office this summer. “It’s well DONATE | SEE Page 18 STACEY BRONSDON-RIZZO Policies & Procedures Subcommittee Chair Universal Free Breakfast coming to Revere Public Schools, says Food Services Director By Barbara Taormina S tarting in September, there will be universal free breakfast and lunch in public schools throughout Massachusetts, despite student income levels. The food services program in Revere is ready for the change. This week, Cheryl Cole, direces for Revere Public Schools, presented an overview of the program to the School Committee. Cole said that like other school food services, Revere has faced challenges with staff shortages and the increased cost of food. Costs of products are expected to increase seven percent tor of Food and Nutrition Servic- BREAKFAST | SEE Page 18
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