Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Young Entrepreneurs Stir Up Fun & Friendly Competition

A colourful crew of young entrepreneurs brought smiles to the faces of almost 300 locals last week when Mark Vass shared their little business venture online.

Xanthe and Eden Godfrey, and Maya, Myles, Olivia and Harley Vass established a humble lemonade stand serving freshly squeezed beverages at just $2 a cup to plenty of happy customers on the corner of Menkens and Bapty Road.

As the day went on and foot traffic began to build, a turf war ignited, Harley switched sides, and an avocado stall was set up by Ryder, River, Harley and Ruben Vass for a spot of cousin competitiveness across the road! The lemonade stall dried up by 2pm, however the boys kept customers happy and sold plenty of avocados into the afternoon.

The community were beyond delighted to support the work and efforts of both group’s enterprises, with many commending the parents on teaching the kids values such as hard work and simple business operations at such a young age.

Xanthe Godfrey, Maya Vass, Eden Godfrey, and Myles, Olivia and Harley Vass manning the lemonade stall (Photo Supplied)
Ryder, River, Harley and Ruben Vass opened up an avocado stall later on in the day (Photo Supplied)

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