CHICAGO — Every dollar raised to stop prostate cancer counts.
That was the message behind the lemonade stand Roscoe Village doctor Matthew Meadows ran with his three daughters — Madeline 11; Daphne, 8; and Chloe, 4 — on Labor Day.
The foursome raised $28 selling the cool beverage on the humid day, mostly to customers who walked across the street from the Hamlin Park pool to Meadows' home.
Meadows and his daughters all wore blue — wigs, boas and other items. Blue is to prostate cancer as pink is to breast cancer.
"It was fun to dress up and do something for the neighborhood," Meadows said.
Meadows also wanted to raise awareness for Sunday's SEA Blue Chicago Prostate Cancer Walk & Run. The event, which includes a 5K run, takes place from 8 a.m.-noon in Lincoln Park at LaSalle and Stockton near the lakefront. Meadows is a urologist with UroPartners, one of Sunday's event's presenters.
"We want to get awareness out," Meadows said. "It's important for men to get screened and checked."
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