From a lemonade stand to the Library of Congress

BAKER — A 6th grade student at Baker School received a Presidential Volunteer Service Award from Congressman Matt Gaetz Sept. 18 in Pensacola.

"I'm very honored," Kadance Fredericksen, 11, said.

Kadance, also a beauty queen, began doing community service after entering a pageant that required at least 3 hours of service.

"From there, all she wanted to do was serve," Lisa Fredericksen, Kadance's mother, said.

Kadance used her wooden lemonade stand featured in front of her home, which she called "Kadance's Lemonade Stand," as a fundraiser raising money for the Ronald McDonald House.

She charged $1 per glass of lemonade. In three years, Kadance has raised over $14,000 for the non-profit organization helping sick children and their families with financial needs.

Just shy of her $7,000 goal when receiving the award, Gaetz donated $1,000 to Kadance completing her donation to the Ronald McDonald House.

Along with her lemonade stand, Kadance has a long list of volunteer services including food drives for the Crestview Homeless Shelter and delivering 200 teddy bears she collected to the Children’s Coalition of Florida.

Lisa started entering Kadance's volunteer hours into the Presidential Volunteer Service Award's website two years ago.

Kadance was at 120 hours when she was approved for the award.

Lisa said she is very proud of her daughter.

"There's not words to describe it," Lisa said.

Kadance's name and achievements will be featured in the Library of Congress.

"You're forever in history," Gaetz said in a Facebook live video. "I got the chance to recognize all the things you've done … all of your contributions, and it is now permanently in the record of the United States Congress."

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: From a lemonade stand to the Library of Congress