ZUMBATHON® Charity Event

ZUMBATHON® Charity Event – another successful fundraiser by JCI Vernon!

JCI Vernon members range between 19-40 years of age, and work together to achieve goals and contribute to our community. Our mission is to provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change. Through these opportunities we strive to be the leading global network of young active citizens. The ZUMBATHON® Charity Event hosted Friday, March 13^th, 2015, is a prime example of the kind of projects the JCI Vernon membership runs. 

This particular project came about in November of 2014, when the JCI Vernon Chapter was broken into 4 teams, each team given $50, and told to grow it and give it back. The ZUMBATHON® Charity Event is what our team (the JCI Vernon Fund Blazers) created, and what a great success it was! With over 65 people in attendance, dancing up a storm, our group was able to raise over $1600 for the Vernon Women’s Transition House and JCI Vernon.

Thank you to our Sponsors: SunFM, HiPro Sportswear, Graydon Security Systems, OkanaganRestoration Services Ltd., Capri Insurance Services Ltd., Electric PaperCompany, A1 Bus, Save On Foods, and Durning Directions. All local ZUMBA® instructors led the crowd, and door prizes were given out from Soul Studio, DLC White HouseMortgages, Valley Marine, Okanagan Restoration Services, and Illusions Hair& Body. A special thank you to Queen Silver Star Alicia Hill-Turner, and Princess Silver Star Hannah Vaz for coming out and showing their support.

Please visit the JCI Vernon website at www.jcivernon.com to find out more about this event and JCI.

Team Members: Brandon Thacker, Sarah Moorhouse, Sandra Simao, Aaron Himelson, Robin Berglund, Ute Zeeh, and Sue Solymosi.