Dear Friends,
Saint Isabella School Dance-a-thon!
Last Friday, we had our 3rd annual Dance-a-thon fundraiser for Saint Isabella School! Click on the image below to watch a one-minute highlight reel thanks to video footage from Nancy Knievel!
Nancy came up with this brilliant idea 3 years ago to have the whole school participate in a dance-a-thon during the school day. That first year, we raised over $15,000! The next year we did it again with the leadership of Veronica Keller and raised over $12,000! This year, Kara King has helped raise a new record of over $23,000 and there is still one more week for donations to come in!
We are so grateful to be able to help bring the Saint Isabella School community together through dancing and to help raise money for their educational programs! Thank you also to my incredible back up dancers Debby Strenkofsky, Leslie Dinham and Lisa Butcher who were the hype crew for these kiddos!
If you're looking for dance fundraiser ideas, reach out and let's chat!
Save the Date: A Triple Birthday Bash!
Please mark your calendars for next Tuesday, October 1st for a triple birthday 75 minute Stop Drop and Dance class for:Aimee Foreman, Kim Lewis and Pam Flores!
All classes are now at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin (UU Marin)located at 240 Channing Way in San Rafael. We are in the main Fellowship Hall and yes, there are restrooms available in the adjacent building! Apologies for the construction around the campus happening the next few months!
The theme will be Yin-Yang (aka black and white)!
Save the date: B4BC Fundraiser
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, October 5th at 9:30am for a one-hour Stop Drop and Dance fundraiser @UUMarin for B4BC - Boarding for Breast Cancer!
Remember to wear lots of PINK for this special event!
This will be our 5th annual fundraiser to support B4BC and the event will be hosted by Lisa Hudson, who always brings educational materials about breast cancer awareness and prevention (she has molds to understand what lumps feel like!)and goodies for after class!
If you are a Breast Cancer Survivor, please register to join for FREE! We would love to honor and recognize you!
We learned the Criminals Dance!
A synchronized dance on the beach?? Yes please!!!
Of course we HAD to learn the “Criminals” dance from the new Netflix's series, "The Perfect Couple," sung by Meghan Trainor and choreographed by Charm La Donna!
This past Saturday, September 21st, we celebrated National Dance Day by breaking down all the choreography in our Stop Drop and Dance class and at the end, we filmed small groups and then the whole group!
If you want to learn the dance too, the full 40 minute dance class is posted on our YouTube channel so that you can practice and perfect the movements with us!
Note to self...
I am not sure who else needs to hear this, but right now in this season of my life, I am barely able to plan one day at a time. It feels like a crazy triage where the most urgent things get taken care of, and everything else has to wait. I can't get ahead (and I can't even make time to watch "The Perfect Couple" series yet)! If you're feeling this too, I hope this helps:
When things feel overwhelming, remember:
One thought at a time
One task at a time
One day at a time
Happy Monday,
Grace
