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Paradise Dancers

The Paradise Dancers were started in 1998 when Don Wolheim's oldest son wanted to learn how to ballroom dance to impress a girl. Don told his son "Get a group of friends together and I will teach you." That first class had 8 students. Don likes to joke that it was so successful that the girl his son was trying to impress left town.

Now almost 20 years later and more than 1700 high school students later, Paradise Dancers still offers ballroom dance lesson to the youth on the Paradise Ridge for free. Classes range from 7 years old through high school aged. There is a small fee for adult lessons. Due to the fact that the youth have never been charged, Paradise Dancers finds themselves in a constant struggle to have enough funds to keep the doors open.

We have recently experienced a financial setback which makes it difficult to serve our students as we have in the past. There have been many suggestions to charge our students for their lessons, which is contrary to our original concept. Of the 1700 students who have taken our lessons, at least 1/3 of them could not have taken lessons had we charged.

Current unmet needs:
-ongoing monthly expenses (utilities, insurance, etc.)
-building repairs (roof, flooring, siding, electrical wiring, minor landscaping)

Please consider donating to this worthy cause so that it can continue to provide its many services to the youth on the Ridge.

https://www.facebook.com/ballroomparadisedancers/

Feel free to contact Don Wolheim at [phone redacted] or a management member through our Facebook account.
If you feel that you are unable to financially support the Dancers at this time but have a skill that you would like to donate, please don't hesitate to contact us!

Donations 

  • Nikolai Zablockis
    • $50 
    • 7 yrs

Organizer

Amelia Mattingly
Organizer
Paradise, CA
Paradise Dancers Inc
 
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.

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