Twirl-A-Thon raising money for women's cancer support group
Enthusiasm erupts from Jennifer Dimit Baldacci when she talks about skills of the students in her baton twirling classes at Jen's Academy of Rhythm and Moves and the opportunities twirling can provide for young women.
The only thing slowing her down is talking about the reason she is organizing the second annual Perform for a Cure Twirl-A-Thon fundraiser for the Butler Breast Cancer and Women's Cancer Support Group on Oct. 14.
The Twirl-A-Thon will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. in Clearview Mall's center court near her studio the day after the support group holds its 10th annual Women's Health and Wellness Fair.
Following the Twirl-A-Thon, Dimit Baldacci will draw the winners of a basket raffle that benefits the support group. A basket auction, T-shirt sales and a 50/50 raffle also are planned.
Half of the proceeds will be donated to the support group and the other half will go to Twirl to Fight Cancer.
Perform for a Cure is a Pennsylvania nonprofit organization Dimit Baldacci founded that she hopes to expand to raise money for people with special needs and other diseases and disorders.
For now, her focus is on the Twirl-A-Thon that will feature her students, those from other dance studios, and an 18-month-old twirler.
About 50 girls and young women are expected to compete including former University of Pittsburgh twirlers and majorettes.
Contestants will be coming from all over the country.
People unable to attend the Twirl-A-Thon can donate through www.paypal.me/performforacure.
A full story appeared in this year's Pink Edition.
