July 17, 2003
Eleven year old Brandon Prater loves Kentucky football. He loves it so much that he has sat at a lemonade stand on the corner of his street since Monday in order to raise money for football season tickets. With his mother Vickie and grandmother Madeline helping him out, Brandon is well on his way to achieving his goal.
When word of the entrepreneur got to the UK athletics department, director of athletics Mitch Barnhart, along with senior Jeremy Caudill and junior Ellery Moore – defensemen on the UK football team – drove over and purchased some lemonade and cookies to help the cause. They also presented Brandon with a number of Kentucky items, including a photo of Coach Rich Brooks, a UK hat, a UK football and some posters and schedule cards.
Brandon is expecting to keep his stand open on Friday. It is located on the corner of Hillside Drive and Dana Court just off of Boston Road on the south side of Lexington.
