ST. CLOUD, MN – The third annual Women’s Fund Presents: Dancing With Our Stars will be held Monday, June 18, 2018 from 5-8 p.m. at the College of St. Benedict’s Escher Auditorium. This year’s event will once again feature a dance competition between six local celebrities who have been paired with a professional partner for a chance to win up to a $15,000 grant for the non-profit program of their choice.
The competition brings together community members, centered around supporting a wide variety of charity programs chosen by each dance pair, that benefit girls, women, and elder women.
Dancers for the event will be showcasing their skills to raise funds for their supported charity through the Women’s Fund Presents. Dances will range from the tango and cha-cha to swing and salsa. Dance couples will practice their routines beginning months before the competition. Final scoring for the competition will be based upon a combination of judges’ scoring and dollars raised for the non-profits – 40 percent Judges’ score, 60 percent dollars raised.
Women’s Fund Presents is proud to announce the dancer line-up for the 2018 Dancing With Our Stars event:
- Community star, Steve Windfeldt from PCI, will dance with pro, Lisa Saari, to benefit Youth Arts Initiative – Boys and Girls Club of Central MN
- Community star, Randy Warzecha from Riverside Realty, will dance with pro, Lucille Guinta-Bates, to benefit LEAF, Homeless Student Services Fund
- Community star, Adam Heathcote from BerganKDV, will dance with pro, Rachel Trout, to benefit St. Cloud Area Family YMCA, Y Partners Scholarship Fund
- Community star, Jenifer Odette from Brandl Motors, will dance with pro, Steve Kuebelbeck, to benefit Tanner’s Team Foundation
- Community star, Stephanie Theisen from Leighton Broadcasting, will dance with pro, Dan Triplett, to benefit Family Education and Outreach program for the Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter
- Community star, Chris Klimpel from Park Industries, will dance with pro, Nathan Eric Hampton, to benefit the United Way Neighborhood Resource Center
About the Women’s Fund
In the past 10 years, the Women’s Fund has raised more than $1 million and established an endowment to support programs that serve girls, women in transition and elder women. Since 2002, dozens of organizations have benefited from the over $1 million in grants awarded through the Women’s Fund. Hundreds of community members save the date each year for the annual fundraiser.
The Women’s Fund started with a vision; a vision to help women and girls in our community live their best lives. We hope to empower:
- Girls with self-confidence, making good choices for their future;
- Women in transition by giving them the opportunity to pursue one-to-one mentoring, job training and education;
- Elderly women with access to health and fitness opportunities, resulting in lower health care costs, chronic illness, and a longer independent lifestyle.
For more information about the event and tickets, visit www.communitygiving.org/wfp18.
Photos of Dancers Available For Use w/Editorial:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12kKBfXX89SLca3f2-HaWCS6K05BWQSkA
The Women’s Fund is an initiative of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation. The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF), in affiliation with CommunityGiving, is a public charity that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1985, CMCF has grown to over $89.6 million in assets and awarded over $93.1 million in grants to non-profits. CommunityGiving is a collaboration of community foundations united under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of our donors. The core foundations working with CommunityGiving include the Alexandria Area Community Foundation, the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation, the Central Minnesota Community Foundation and the Willmar Area Community Foundation. Collectively, CommunityGiving administers more than 700 funds totaling more than $129 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/CentralMN
