"Lemonade Day" in Somerville raises money for disabled children

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — For the fifth year in a row, a local family set up a lemonade stand to raise money for adaptive bikes for disabled children.

This lemonade stand, however, isn't an ordinary one - it's run by a very special little boy.

Steven DeAngelis, who's known as Bug, is considered legally blind and has been diagnosed with high functioning autism, but none of that holds him back.

Five years ago, Bug started a lemonade stand in Somerville to raise money for "Bug's Bikes", an organization that helps put adaptive bikes in the hands of kids who need them, like Bug.

Stephen DeAngelis, Bug's father, tells us that "all the people who use three wheel bikes for bigger kids have some sort of disability and can't ride two wheel bikes."

So far, Bug's Bikes has funded eight adaptive bikes for children who were unable to ride a traditional bicycle.

"You see him give the bike to the child, we kinda stand back and he smiles and it's genuine. It's a lot of work but it's genuine. We're proud of him," Stephen says.

Bug's mother, Kelly DeAngelis, tells us that "just packing up the bikes in the truck and going to deliver each one is like Christmas."

Their efforts haven't stopped as they still need funding for two more bikes.

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