Zumbathon
Host a two-hour Zumbathon this Breast Cancer Awareness Month on 8 or 9 October to raise money for people living with breast cancer.
Zumba for Breast Cancer Care!
Zumbathon
About
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re supporting some fantastic instructors who are hosting Zumbathons to raise money for people living with breast cancer.
Research suggests that regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight might help reduce a person’s chances of developing breast cancer. So Zumba classes are a great way to increase awareness and raise money to help support people affected by breast cancer.
By holding a Zumbathon for two hours on 8 or 9 October, these instructors will be supporting every mum, dad, sister, brother or best friend living with breast cancer.
My Zumba event
Promote your event
Thank you so much for hosting a Zumbathon for Breast Cancer Care, here are a few tips to help get the most out of your event.
put up posters in your local community- send out invitations and distribute them locally
- send an email to your regular class members
- contact your local newspaper to tell them about your upcoming Zumbathon.
Create a party atmosphere
Everyone enjoys swinging their hips in a Zumba class, but here are some ideas to make your Zumbathon even more fun and raise more money.
- Ask everyone to wear pink to your Zumbathon. You could even give a prize to the best dressed class member.
- Decorate your venue with balloons, there’ll be some in your pack. To order more, just email zumba@breastcancercare.org.uk
Little extras
- You could hold a raffle or a game during the break while everyone’s having a breather.
- Have a box of pink ribbon pin badges out on display for people to buy. To order, use the Zumba materials order form below.
- To help raise awareness you can also order breast awareness posters and leaflets to have out at your event. This along with other materials can be ordered using the Zumba materials order form below and returning it to zumba@breastcancercare.org.uk or by post to Zumbathon, Breast Cancer Care, 5-13 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0NS.
After my event
Pay in money raised?
There are two ways of paying in the money you raised:
- pay in online and write ‘Zumbathon’ in the comments box
- send a cheque made payable to ‘Breast Cancer Care’, together with a money return form to: Zumba, Breast Cancer Care, 5-13 Great Suffolk Street London, SE1 0NS.
Tell us about your event
Finally, we’d love to hear all about your event, so don’t forget to send photos and stories to us at zumba@breastcancercare.org.uk
Thank you
If you would like a certificate or thank you letter with a special thanks to anyone in particular, please email us at zumba@breastcancercare.org.uk
Thank you! We couldn’t do it without you.
Past Zumba events
Jessica Fox
Jessica, who plays Nancy in the soap Hollyoaks, is a keen Breast Cancer Care supporter and has recently qualified as a Zumba instructor. She persuaded 16 cast members of Hollyoaks, including Nick Pickard (who plays Tony) and Bronagh Waugh (who plays Cheryl), to don some silly pink outfits and Zumba-it-up to raise money for Breast Cancer Care’s Pink Fridays campaign.
The Hollyoaks Zumbathon
'We got pretty sweaty, and pretty gross, but we had a really good time! I wanted to hold this class today to help support the 50,000 people that are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. You should join in too!'
Jessica Fox
Curves Maidstone South
The Zumbathon was just one of the fundraising events held by Curves and raised around £450. This was raised through 100 women attending the event, and running a few craft stalls. Members sold home-baked cakes, hand-made cards and painted pictures.
There was also a lady practicing reflexology treatments – all for Breast Cancer Care.
Curves Maidstone South get into the Zumba spirit
'Popular games from the day included 'decorate a bra' competition and guess the weight of the boobie cake!'
Curves Maidstone South
The Zumba lasted one and a half hours with three Zumba instructors giving their time.
Suzy Clayton Jones
Suzy held a Zumbathon for Breast Cancer Care in May 2011. The event was a great success raising £1,488.
'I hold 3 to 4 Zumbathons a year and they are definitely getting bigger and better each time. This year's event was brilliant with ten instructors and 200 people dancing for a great cause. Next year we’ll need a bigger hall.'
Suzy Clayton Jones
Suzy’s event didn't stop at dancing — the instructors turned their Zumbathon into a pink party, with a raffle, stalls and even a bra fitting service.
Suzy's top tips:
- Sell tickets before the event at a cheaper rate which will entice people to book beforehand
- Bring in local businesses to promote themselves on the day and ask for raffle prizes
- Hold a raffle after your Zumbathon to keep class members staying to the end of the event.
Helen Smith
Helen held a Zumbathon at the Victoria Centre in Crewe where they danced their socks off for 3 hours for everyone living with breast cancer.
Freshly baked cakes, and hand made jewellery were sold on the day to help raise money, as well as many donations that were received from local residents and also local organisations such as J.C. Trucking, Lincoln House and James Walker. They raise a magnificent £1,677.57 for Breast Cancer Care.
Louise Gale
Louise held a two and a half hour Zumbathon for Breast Cancer Care in Crawley. The event raised an incredible £6,500 for the charity, but cake sales and car boot sales brought it up to £9,000.
Louise is fundraising as part of a bigger project to raise enough money to take part in a ten day trek along the Inca Trail in Peru, which will take place next April.
'It was amazing to see the huge sea of pink. This was the biggest ever Zumba party in Crawley. Now it's full steam ahead with training for the Inca Trail trek.'
Louise Gale
Local Zumba instructor Joanne Cooper helped coordinate the dance exercise party, with 15 instructors leading the mass of participants. Louise’s top tip for others holding Zumbathon events is to use Twitter to get people involved.
Alisa Hessey
Alisa held two events, both of which were attended by around 30 people. She joined forces with other Zumba instructors and roped her mother and two sons to help decorate the halls – they got involved in the Zumbathon afterwards!
'The first Zumbathon had a couple of my friends who are also Zumba instructors there with their class members, so we kept having a dance off which was so funny.'
Alisa Hessey
