Eight years ago, Brance Glasgow and his brothers Colt, Breck and Dayne learned how Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas families along the Gulf of Mexico and knew they needed to help.
Not knowing how, the Tanglewood Elementary students asked their mother, Maida Glasgow, for ideas. Together, they decided to open a lemonade stand in their front yard to raise money. When their stand opened, the community responded and the brothers raised over $1,500 in just a few weeks. Ultimately, the Glasgow family matched the stand’s total profits and donated more than $3,000 to a displaced family.
Eight years later, the purple lemonade stand is still raising money for families in need.
“It felt good,” said Brance, now a freshman at Paschal High School. “Sometimes it’s been stressful raising all the money, but at the end of the year it’s all worth it.”
The Glasgow family’s neighborhood sits close to TCU’s football stadium and sees heavy foot traffic on game days. The stand is open every home game and Brance advertises the stand on Facebook.
Cups of iced lemonade are sold for $1, but people often pay more after learning where the money goes, he said.
From left: Colt, Brance, Dayne and Breck Glasgow stand behind their parents Maida and Chad Glasgow in front of their home on Nov. 8, 2025, in Fort Worth. (John Forbes | Fort Worth Report)
Like others in the neighborhood, the family also sells parking space in their driveway for $40 a spot to game day attendees. Earnings total from $200 to $300 from parking and lemonade sales each game, Maida Glasgow said.
At the end of the season, Maida Glasgow and her sons match the money earned from their own savings and donate to select families in need. In total, the Glasgows donate around $3,000, she said.
Their first donation was to Sara Golden and her three daughters, a family displaced by a 2017 tropical cyclone that ravaged their home in Houston. At the time, Golden’s eldest daughter was 6 and her youngest was 1, she said.
After the storm, Golden and her children boarded a military plane and flew to Dallas where a friend she met at church shared the family’s story on Facebook.
Maida Glasgow and her then-young children read Golden’s story and decided to donate to her. Community members rallied behind the Glasgows to buy groceries and donate amenities for the Golden family.
“It was an amazing blessing that took me completely by surprise,” Golden said. “It’s something I’ll never forget.”
Fort Worth residents, brothers Breck, left, and Colt Glasgow, await customers as TCU football fans pass their lemonade stand on Nov. 8, 2025. (John Forbes | Fort Worth Report)
Golden put the money into her savings and was able to get her family back on their feet, she said. Today, her daughters are performing well in school, participating in sports and have college aspirations.
Nearing their benchmark of $1,500, Maida Glasgow now asks for those in need to reach out. She often hears from as many as eight people sharing their stories, but financial constraints mean she can only donate to a select few families, she said.
Glasgow and her sons read each story to determine to whom they should donate. When families are selected, they also receive groceries, clothes, gifts and anything else needed in time for the Christmas season.
The fundraiser has grown in popularity over the years, Glasgow said. She and her sons said they do not plan to stop the fundraiser anytime soon, at least until Breck, now 11, graduates high school.
As of Nov. 12, the Glasgow family has raised over $1,400, Maida Glasgow said.
Family friend Rachel Hopper stopped by the stand with her son, Shepherd. She purchased lemonade and donated $40.
“This is a small way for us to be able to give to such a big need that we have,” Hopper said. “Being able to model for our kids, how we can support them in the littlest and biggest ways, this is a great way for us to do so.”
Fort Worth resident Rachel Hopper and her son, Shepherd, stand in front of the Glasgow family’s charity lemonade stand on Nov. 8, 2025. (John Forbes | Fort Worth Report)
John Forbes is a reporting fellow for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at john.forbes@fortworthreport.org.
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