DANCING FOR THE PHILIPPINES - CHARITY EVENT - November 23rd 2013

DANCING FOR THE PHILIPPINES - CHARITY EVENT  - November 23rd 2013


About a week and a half ago Lin sat all of us YEPers down and wanted to talk to us. 
She talked to us about what was happening in the Philippines and how much it had effected her. 
It really hit her hard, and she asked us if we were willing to help her do something to raise money for the people over there who suffer so much more than many of us can even imagine. 
That´s how we decided to organize a Dance Workshop Day with lots of classes with lots of different teachers and styles, and with all the money going towards the victims of the Typhoon in the Philippines.

In little over a week we managed to put something amazing together. 
We reached out to other schools in and around Malmö, and received a great response from them. 

People volunteered to teach and we ended up with 11 teachers and 12 unique dance classes. 
We had a lot of help from Malmö Dans Akademi who also offered that we could use their studio since they have two rooms. 

So Saturday the 23^rd of November dancers from all over southern Sweden came together for the first time to raise money for a higher cause. 

From 12:00-18:00 we had around 200 students attending classes and contributing with donations. 

Not only did we raise a lot of money for people in great need but we also did it while doing something that we love and at the same time uniting people from different schools and with different backgrounds. 

Me who is from here and have been a part of this dance community for a while now can say that this really was a big deal. 

We raised around 18 000 kr this day but the donations arent over yet. 

We have another charity event coming up December 8^th of December where we will again raise money for the same cause.  

And you are also able t constantly raise money through this UNICEF link:


UNICEF - RAISING MONEY FOR THE PHILIPPINES




Skånes dance community is uniting and working together to help people less fortunate than ourselves. 
I cant express how happy I am to have been a part of this amazing event, and how thankful I am to everyone willing to help out and make this possible.

Special thanks to all the teachers who volunteered and took their time to come and be a part of this event. 
And a big thank you to Bella Malekian who helped us organize this and also provided us with her studio.
And then of course our dance mom Lin with her beautiful heart who was the founder of this whole project. 
Without her this never would have happened!

Today I am proud to be a dancer, a part of this amazing community and also proud to be a 1YEPer 
:-)


Anton Swerkström