Lily Dahms, 12, sold lemonade to raise cash as well as accepting donations for clothing and other necessities for two single mothers and their children whose homes burned down in a July 1 fire in Belmont Craigin.
Firefighters and neighbors heard fireworks in the area just before the fire.
Dahms was joined at the stand by Molly Seedhouse, a Chicago Public Schools Prieto teacher who works with both families' children and is helping them as they start over after losing everything.
Dahms raised $704 Thursday. Anyone who would still like to help the families can donate online through a GoFundMe account that will be shared evenly between them.