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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Life Change Ballroom, OKC


Every year in May, my club and the Jaguar club organize a car show to raise money for a local charity. This year we had a very unique organization selected as beneficiary, “ Life Change Ballroom”.  Vision of a person who herself did not know anything about dancing. Life Change is working in the inner city, mostly in low-income areas to keep elementary to high school children out of trouble by offering free classes in ballroom dancing. Some of these kids escaped gangs and turned their lives around.

The mission statement of Life Change Ballroom is, “This program teaches young children teamwork, sportsmanship, social awareness, confidence, self-esteem, goal-setting, the value of hard work, manners, etiquette, trust and mutual respect.  We are raising our expectations of these children.  We believe when we expect more, they will produce more”.  



A group of students from Life Change performed for one fifty of our members and guests at the awards dinner after the car show and brought a lot of joy. We raised $14,600 by the end of the evening.  Though it is not a lot of money but for an organization that is not recipient of big grants, it was a great deal.



4 comments:

  1. Hello,

    This looks to be an exceedingly worthwhile cause and we are certain that the organisation will have been very grateful for the extra income. It was a good choice to focus on an organisation which has at its heart young people who may be in danger of not finding their way in life. After all, the young are all our futures and it is in all our interests to help them to lead happy and fulfilling lives.

    The picture of the young couple dancing in the car showroom is great! They look delightful together and seem to have such life and energy. This, we are sure, shines through their dancing!

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    1. You have said it very well. We had the opportunity to speak to some of these talented young people and they were full of life and positive attitude, which is all you want from the future generations.

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  2. Teaching kids discipline while having fun, and getting them off the streets! What a wonderful mission!! Congrats to you all.

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    1. Thanks Loi, kids are our future and it is wise to invest in our future.

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