Charities

BACKGROUND

This business, The Dance Family Studio started by giving to charities.  In 1996 our founders, Francisco and Stacey, met as co-choreographers on a charity event they volunteered for in their "off time," after their "real jobs."   They then teamed up and went on to perform, choreograph and instruct for numerous large-scale charity events including The City of Hope and The March of Dimes.

After performances or large shows, Francisco and Stacey started getting calls from former cast members, audience members and friends with requests for dance performances and classes.  That's how it all started.  A local church opened up their basement to start their social dance program, and in 1998 the team quit their "real jobs" and have been teaching, performing, and teaching others how to teach ever since.  

They started with charity work, and never want to stop giving to charities they believe in!  

WHERE YOU COME IN!  Tell The Dance Family about charities who could use these donations:

• Donations to Silent Auctions.  For gift certificates for a month of lessons for a couple.  Please contact info@thedancefamily.com or mail your request to us at the address above.

• Donation of Performances for charity events.  If you know of a charity event which would like a performance by one of our performance teams, mail your request to us a the address above or email  info@thedancefamily.com.  If the event provides a financial stipend for entertainment, this would go toward the Performance Team's costuming and traveling costs.  

• Charity Event Dance Instruction and crowd involvement.  In a few cases, this can arranged (depending on availability and the discretion of Performance Team Director).  

  Due to scheduling conflicts or other limitations not all requests can be fulfilled.  However, we will follow-up with every request and we're honored to be considered by you to use dance as a way to help others.  

  Event Coordinators:   Should a performance or instruction for an event be involved, The Dance Family Studio will create all the documentation  necessary for clarification of all details and agreements of services provided.  The Dance Family does not need a receipt for donations or acknowledgement of services provided.  We do not use these for tax purposes.  

OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE AT THE STUDIO: 

• Operation Christmas Child (October-November annually) Students put together shoeboxes filled with small gifts for kids around the world who would not otherwise receive a  Christmas gift.  We collect all of the shoeboxes mid-November and bring them to the drop off point so they can be delivered internationally.

• Blanket & Socks Collection (January annually) We put out two big boxes at the studio to collect Blankets and Socks for the less fortunate on Skid Row. They are delivered to Skid Row until February 7th. Collection includes

  • gently used and new blankets

  • new socks for children and adults

  • tarps for rain coverage

  • winter caps

   

• Can Drive Collection for Union Station, Pasadena (March) We collect canned goods and deliver them on behalf of "The Dance Family" to Union Station.  

 

 

Thanks for helping the giving continue.

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