{"id":7293,"date":"2019-08-27T14:19:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T18:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/?p=7293"},"modified":"2019-09-19T15:47:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:47:18","slug":"fred-astaire-cares-about-our-community-with-these-fall-charity-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/blog\/dance-info-news-trends\/fred-astaire-cares-about-our-community-with-these-fall-charity-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Astaire Cares About Our Community With These Fall Charity Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Parties are a great way to share your love of dance with your friends and family. We hold these parties so that friends referred by our current students can come in and try out the studio, but the parties are open to anyone and we welcome everyone! Below are four great opportunities to share the joy of dance with our community, all while supporting amazing charities and wonderful causes!<\/p>\n<h2>Teacher Appreciation Party and School Supply Drive &#8211; Fri. Sept. 6<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re having a school supply drive for our teachers and their teacher guests! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Back-to-School-Bash-FADS-Brandon.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7295 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Back-to-School-Bash-FADS-Brandon-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Back-to-School-Bash-FADS-Brandon-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Back-to-School-Bash-FADS-Brandon-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Back-to-School-Bash-FADS-Brandon-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Back-to-School-Bash-FADS-Brandon.jpg 1588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>So invite your teacher pals and let them know about our free dance class and free supplies on Fri. Sept. 6 at 7pm!<\/p>\n<p>This is a terrific opportunity to\u00a0<strong>help our community<\/strong>\u00a0produce strong, vibrant students and to assist the many caring teachers who often reach into their own pockets to make sure no child lacks the necessary tools to learn and grow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please help us help the teachers help the kids.<\/strong> I<strong>magine the smiles you\u2019ll be putting on so many faces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some heavily requested items from teachers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expo (white board) markers<\/li>\n<li>Copy paper<\/li>\n<li>Post-its<\/li>\n<li>hand sanitizer<\/li>\n<li>Folders with pockets and prongs<\/li>\n<li>pens<\/li>\n<li>Loose leaf notebook paper<\/li>\n<li>Ticonderoga #2 pencils<\/li>\n<li>Spiral notebooks<\/li>\n<li>Composition notebooks<\/li>\n<li>1 inch binders<\/li>\n<li>tissues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drop your donations off at the studio. Let\u2019s help teachers help their students in need. It&#8217;ll be a fun night of dancing too! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/403246217044018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSVP on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Dancing With the Locals Charity Fundraising Party for the Kiffners &#8211; <em><strong>POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Dancing.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7296 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Dancing-e1566585611693-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Dancing-e1566585611693-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Dancing-e1566585611693-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Dancing-e1566585611693-270x200.png 270w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Dancing-e1566585611693.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Our very own Vince and Heather Kiffner are raising funds for Plant City&#8217;s Dancing With the Locals. Join us for a special guest party at a date TBD. We want to make Vince and Heather&#8217;s guests feel welcome and have a great time dancing and fundraising!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Go Pink Party: Wear Pink and We&#8217;ll Donate to Breast Cancer Research &#8211; Fri. Oct. 11<\/h2>\n<p>Breast Cancer Awareness Month is coming up in October. We\u2019re pitching in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Go-Pink.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7297 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Go-Pink-e1566586817146-300x144.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Go-Pink-e1566586817146-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/Go-Pink-e1566586817146.png 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>fight this terrible disease.<\/p>\n<p>Every October, we have a\u00a0<strong>Go Pink party<\/strong>\u00a0for breast cancer awareness here at the Brandon studio, where we have\u00a0<strong>three breast cancer survivors<\/strong>. Each year we rotate and let one of the ladies choose a charity for us to donate to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This year, our Go Pink party is Friday, Oct. 11. We donate for each student who wears pink to the party to a charity of Joanna Kellogg&#8217;s choice!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This party will help a great cause, raise awareness of breast cancer and should also remind <strong>all women to be sure they get checked.<\/strong>\u00a0Early diagnosis helps!<\/p>\n<h2>Walk to end Alzheimer&#8217;s community event Fri. Oct. 18.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/download-e1566860468618.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7301 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/brandon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/08\/download-e1566860468618.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>We are welcoming some special guests to our studio on Fri. Oct. 18 at 7pm. The folks from Walk to End Alzheimer&#8217;s Tampa will be joining us for a guest party. We want to help them have a fun time dancing, as well as raising awareness and funds for a important cause. Let&#8217;s show them how much #FredAstaireCares and how we are the happiest, friendliest spot in town!<\/p>\n<p>Please join us for these amazing parties. They are great chances to come together and reach into our community. Plus there will be a lot of fun dancing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Parties are a great way to share your love of dance with your friends and family. We hold these parties so that friends referred by our current students can come in and try out the studio, but the parties are open to anyone and we welcome everyone! 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