Participants in Zumba at the Fort Ritchie Community Center made a financial contribution to Breast Cancer Awareness of the Cumberland Valley (BCA-CV). Heather DeLauter, a Zumba instructor at the community center, organized a special session of the class in which participants made a donation instead of paying the usual class fee.
“It was Heather’s idea to hold the class, and she had lots of support from her friends and family,” said Buck Browning, executive director of the community center. “She and the participants wanted to do something special to honor the memory of some close friends,” he added.
Unfortunately, DeLauter has seen the impact breast cancer can have in a family and a community. She has two friends that have each lost their mothers recently to breast cancer. She said that the $324.00 raised from the one-hour class is being donated to Breast Cancer Awareness of the Cumberland Valley, in memory of Shanda Eyler and Tricia Clopper.
“Thank you to Heather and her Zumba participants from the Fort Ritchie Community Center for raising these funds to support our mission,” said Janet Lung, executive director of BCA-CV. “What an awesome way to give back to the community.”
Zumba participants posed for a quick photograph prior to class at the Fort Ritchie Community Center.
