Our Wednesday night Zumbathon was a great success raising at least £2000! The final total has not yet been confirmed but I will let you know.
Thank you for all that attended and those who supported the event. Mandy’s female relatives all danced the night away with those who attend Her Fitness classes and it was a very special night!
Here are some words from Mandy who was the inspiration behind the fundraiser.
“I was really nervous before the night, weeks before to be honest. I thought that no one would turn but but was I wrong. I was overwhelmed with the support I received, people were queueing outside the door to come in and I ran out of raffle tickets after half an hour and had to ring my sister in law to try and get some more books, which thankfully she managed to do.
The energy in the room was amazing and there was so much laughter, it was lovely to see my family, friends and Zumba friends all in on room enjoying themselves, I felt really honoured and proud. I cannot express how much the night meant to me and I know my brother would have been looking down on all of us and would have approved. He was an amazing person with a fantastic sense of humour.
We raised an enormous amount of money and when all of the sponsor money is in I will let Shirley know so that she can inform everyone.
I would like to thank everyone that made the night possible. From Heather who arranged for the balloons to be blown up and delivered and helped me on the night, all of my family and friends and local companies who donated raffle prizes, Everyone who came and supported the charity on the night. My 2 daughters, Sarah and Victoria who have put up with me eating, sleeping and dreaming about the Zumbathon for the last 6 months, they have been extremely supportive and I love them very much. Michelle who gave her time up to help Shirley with the instructing, Lil who took sponsor money and gave out sponsor forms for me, but most of all the inspirational Shirley who has been so much support to me. She has given up so much of her own time to come to my house on various occasions to talk about the Zumbathon, even coming when it was snowing. She is one of the most compassionate and caring people I have ever met. The charity event would not have happened if it was not for her and I will never be able to thank her enough. So as you can see, this was a team effort and I am very proud of you all, thank you all so much for making the night so memorable. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, we will be able to do it all again.”
Mandy’s family also had some words to say about the event.
Josh (Mandy’s nephew) who suffers from Muscular Duchenne says he had a really good 
time and was very proud of all the ladies in his family dancing!
time and was very proud of all the ladies in his family dancing!Charlie (Mandy’s god daughter), said she had lots of fun, “it was amazing” She loved dancing with her cousins and aunties, liked letting the balloons off at the end and loved the lady at the front who gave her a big hug (Shirley). She wants to be a Zumba dancer when she gets older.
One of Mandy’s nieces said “it was emotional, fun, inspirational and worth every second”.
Another niece said “it was a brilliant idea for raising money for such a worthwhile cause”.
Joshua, Mandy (left), Shirley (right)
