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Phil Scott: “Andy and Ally Ackerman started their own business, a…”

Featuring: Phil Scott, Republican | Governor of Vermont

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Vermont Gov. Phil Scott's 2024 State of the State Address

Published | Video Starts at 44:38

He wanted his neighbors to have what they needed to clean up their homes and businesses. Thirty miles away in Caledonia County, 8 and 10 year old Andy and Ally Ackerman started their own business, a lemonade stand, giving every single penny of the $700 they made to help the Hardwick House of Pizza. Weeks later in Johnson, at Highland Heights Mobile Home park, where several residents lost everything, you could see a community who rallied to support one another. (44:38–44:52)

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Asserts that two children donated $700 from their lemonade stand to help a local business.

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