The purpose of this blog is to document volunteer work and to inspire others. This blog is written by Saumirah McWoodson, founder of Dance Daze, Inc. and Dance Daze in Schools. The community service documented in this blog is done through Saumirah's philanthropy organization, Dance Daze® in the Community.To learn more about Dance Daze® programs, please visit the links below:
• dancedaze.org
• dancedazeinschools.org
"Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good." - Minor Myers
DANCE DAZE in the COMMUNITY BLOG
The Dance Daze in Schools fundraising campaign to bring a FREE dance program to a Title 1 school has launched! We have 3 days remaining (until April 24th, 2013) to raise nearly $400 (we have already had 11 donations pledged!)!
Here’s how YOU can help out:
- You can LIKE and RE-POST this blog!
- You can donate to our campaign in increments of $10
- Post the link to our campaign page on your Facebook page and encourage your friends to “like” it!
- Go to the Dance Daze in Schools Facebook page and “like” statuses that link to our campaign page!
- Find the Dance Daze Twitter page and re-tweet us!
Thanks for your support!
Dance Daze Love,
Saumirah
Hi Friends,
- You can donate in increments of $10
- Your card is only charged if we meet our goal of $500 by April 24th
- 100% of donations go directly to Dance Daze in Schools
- Dance Daze in Schools is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
- The Dance Daze in Schools Federal Tax ID Number is: 45-3066147
- Let us know if you donate! Complete this form: http://dancedazeinschools.org/home/groupon_grassroots_donors
Thank you in advance for your support!
— Saumirah
In a couple of weeks, Dance Daze in Schools will be fundraising to provide a session of FREE dance classes to a school or community center in the San Francisco Bay Area. We want your input! What school or community center should get the free classes and why? Let us know! Drop us a comment or email your thoughts to: outreach@dancedaze.org
I last mentioned our food drive for the Alameda County Community Food Bank over 3 months ago! Even though several months have passed, I wanted to let you know how we did with accomplishing the goal I set of doubling last year’s collection of 70 pounds of food. Well, we didn’t quite double the amount, but we were able to collect and donate 125 pounds of food this year! 
I can’t wait to try to raise twice this new amount in a couple of months!
I hope your 2013 is going well! I’ll try to get back to posting more once my schedule settles down a bit! In the meantime, be sure to follow the Dance Daze Intern Blog, where I occasionally post “Founder Blogs”: http://dancedazeinterns.wordpress.com/
All my best,
Saumirah
Our Fall Food Drive for the Alameda County Community Food Bank is going well! Last year, we were able to donate 70 pounds of food. I am grateful that more people from our office have gotten involved this year! Together, I hope we’ll be able to double last year’s weight and donate at least 140 pounds of food to families in our communities. The photo featured in this post shows some food I purchased for our barrel last night!
Follow Dance Daze in the Community on Facebook to keep up with the status of our food barrel!
Where does the time go? It has already been one year since we had our first Fall Food Drive to collect food for the Alameda County Community Food Bank, which provides healthy meals to deserving families throughout Alameda County! Last year, with literally only a couple of volunteers, we collected 70 pounds of food and helped provide 54 meals to children, adults, and families in Alameda County. This year, with the help of our awesome Dance Daze Interns, we are hoping to collect twice as much food! Although this will be our main service project for the month of November, we are getting an early start! To keep up with our Food Drive efforts, like the Dance Daze in the Community Facebook Page! Also, be on the lookout for some of the fun community service projects we are working on this month, under the direction of our Saint Mary’s College of California Intern and Volunteer Coordinator!
I have been searching for a way to bring a recycling program to an elementary school in my neighborhood that does not have recycling, and I think CalRecycle might be a great start! I received my free recycling bin from them today, and I am going to bring it to the school tomorrow to get the recycling fun started! CalRecycle, or California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, brings together the state’s recycling and waste management programs and continues a tradition of environmental stewardship. Their vision is to inspire and challenge Californians to achieve the highest waste reduction, recycling and reuse goals in the nation.
In other volunteer news with Dance Daze in the Community, we are currently seeking volunteers to join us in serving with awesome nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area this fall. We are also planning a big fundraising event for our own nonprofit organization, Dance Daze in Schools, which provides high quality dance enrichment programs to students at schools across the United States.
If you are interested in learning more about volunteer opportunities with Dance Daze in the Community, please email us at outreach@dancedaze.org, or click the links below for more information!
Volunteer Information: http://dancedazeinschools.org/home/volunteer Volunteer Application: http://dancedazeinschools.org/home/volunteer_application
