For someone who is just 8 years old, Abigail Siegel is already quite civic minded. The daughter of Peter and Kari Siegel, who own a home in the Loveladies section of Long Beach Township, Abigail set up a lemonade stand one weekend late this summer and raised $4,000, to be shared by the High Point and Barnegat Light volunteer fire companies, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge in Long Beach Township and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

“It’s the highest amount she has raised so far,” said Peter Siegel. “She has been doing this for four years.