From Your Health Journal…..Right now, the Harlem Shake is getting very popular…. and so many kids enjoy moving to it. What a great form of exercise. But, one thing I really respect is when I see kids helping others. Found a great article and video on one of my favorite web sites called Education Week, written by Bryan Toporek entitled N.Y. Students Raise Nearly $500,000 for Charity Through Dancing. I wanted tor promote this article here, as these students should be commended as they raised $489,716.27 for charitable causes. This web site promotes healthy lifestyle and helping others – two things this event accomplished. Please visit the Education Week web site (link provided below) to read the complete article. Well done South Glens High School!”
From the article…..
Who knew doing the Harlem Shake could be so profitable?
More than 700 students from South Glens Falls (N.Y.) High School gathered this past weekend for the school’s 36th annual dance marathon and raised $489,716.27 for charitable causes, according to the school’s website.
The students began the dance marathon at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 1, and kept it going through 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 2.
The nearly $500,000 that they raised will be donated to 40 individuals, families, and organizations hand-selected by the students who planned the dance. Recipients include an alumna whose family lost their possessions in a house fire, a 4-year-old boy with a brain tumor, and the Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern N.Y.
The money raised shattered the old record of $395,352 collected during the 2012 version of the event. Since the event started back in 1978, students have raised more than $3 million for charitable causes, according to the school.
A number of local restaurants and businesses offered their support by donating proceeds to the school. The school also holds both a live auction and silent auction during the marathon dance event to entice community members.
More than 90 percent of the school’s population participates in the dance, according to the school’s website.
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