Girls raise $10,000 for Dallas police with lemonade stand

A groups of young girls donated $10,000 Monday to the Dallas Police Department after they raised the money in just two days selling lemonade in the wake of last week’s deadly attack on police.

Lauren Roach, 12, Landry Nelon, 11, Emmy Roberts, 9, and Emmy’s 8-year-old sister Lily, set up the stand in North Dallas over the weekend in an effort to raise a few dollars for police, a local NBC News affiliate reported.

“We felt really bad for all the victims’ families,” Lauren said. “At first we thought we would get about $100, but after we got to about $5,000, we realized we could really get this really high.”

“We just really feel that every little penny counted,” Landry added.

“People were just driving by,” said Lauren’s mother, Tracey Roach. “They didn’t want lemonade, they didn’t want anything, just giving them 20s, 50s, you name it, just giving money. And everybody saying, ’Back the blue, back the blue, we support Dallas, we support families, help Dallas become a better place.’”

A lone gunman killed five cops and injured seven more cops at a Black Lives Matter rally Thursday night. The Dallas Police Association (DPA) said the donations have been pouring in ever since.

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“It’s unbelievably moving,” said Dallas Police Association First Vice President Fred Frazier. “You know, you break down at night, when you start thinking about everything when everybody’s gone. But when you go back to work, you’re so busy, your mind just has to go back to work. We’ll heal, it’s just going to take some time.”