We are really excited to do our first danceathon to raise money for a local girl called Hannah who is from Willington. Hannah has been diagnosed with brain cancer and although she has had the cancer removed it is still growing. There is no funding for the next part of her treatment on the NHS so her family have to raise the funds to take her to the USA for her treatment.
I got to know her family whilst helping choreograph a dance routine for her Dad and his friends over the summer. I thought a danceathon would be a fun way for our school to raise money towards her treatment.
We will do a 5-10 minute (depending on their age) continuous dance in our classes and if the children manage to dance without stopping they will successfully complete the danceathon challenge.
The danceathon will be on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th October in the children’s usual classes.
It will be lots of fun for the children to take part. Care will be taken when talking to the children about her illness and treatment and will just say that she is ill and needs our help and I thought we could do what we do best and dance for her.
She may even come along and see them dancing or her Mum and Dad (who might want to join in as he has got a taste for dancing now and has asked me to help choreograph a routine for their Christmas fundraiser!).
You can find out more about Help for Hannah on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/helpforhannah
She also has a Just Giving page to- Help for Hannah: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/gail-iredale?utm_term=ZvYvzQ8dY&fbclid=IwAR3V4G2V97uauQpMm-bxUkdxsCjcQh7JgMrs5KKC_y6qMrUAq_8G2OzlbVY_aem_ATSAeC7-NB1QtTZ7kqoxEjX6DIwBYyRObXOEzr-5IsLWN6y2TIDDgqLnrWRJ0pUazCY
To sponsor our children please use this form link here. 100% goes to the Help for Hannah fund.
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