Copperas Cove student, teacher honored for Lemonade Day success

A Fairview/Jewell Elementary student turned a lemonade stand into $3,089 in profit and a $650 donation, earning top Lemonade Day honors for Copperas Cove. Trenton Buckram, who had just finished fourth grade, was named Youth Entrepreneurship of the Year by Lemonade Day of the Greater Fort Hood Area, while House Creek Elementary first-grade teacher Stefanie Seaver was selected as Teacher of the Year.

Buckram was recognized at the June 16 Lemonade Day Fort Hood Area awards ceremony for work that reached beyond simple sales. His stand, Trentman’s Lemonade of Copperas Cove, was judged the most profitable in the area and the most charitable, and it also won Best Overall Lemonade. He finished second in the Best of the Zest business pitch contest.

Buckram donated from his earnings to support scholarships for Bulldawg Football Camp, Peanut Butter Bowl in Cove and Project Christmas. Superintendent Dr. Brent Hawkins said Trenton embodies the district’s “One Pack, One Purpose” mindset and that his generosity reflected what Copperas Cove wants its students to become.

Her first-grade class at House Creek Elementary ran the Howlin' Lemon Crew stand, and 26 students together made $503.79 through sales and donations.

Lemonade Day has been part of the Greater Killeen-Fort Hood area since First National Bank Texas and First Heroes National Bank introduced it in 2009, with the local program launching in spring 2010. The program has reached children across Fort Hood, Killeen, Harker Heights, Copperas Cove, Kempner, Belton, Temple and Salado.

In 2025 alone, 2,200 children registered for the program, more than 120 lemonade stands took part, and local stands generated $25,513 in revenue and $3,684 in charitable donations. The region’s cumulative gross revenue has now topped $210,000, with charitable donations exceeding $60,000.