Zumba Charity Event on Friday

A Zumbathon Charity Event will be held on Friday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Marlborough Elementary School community room, 25 School Drive. Registration starts at 6:30 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Cooley's Anemia Foundation.

Zumba is an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party that’s moving millions of people toward joy and health, great way to exercise and give to others through this wonderful fundraiser to benefit the Cooley's Anemia Foundation.

The Cooley's Anemia Foundation is working on a gene therapy for blood disorders, such as Thalassemia. Thalassemia is a fatal, genetic blood disorder. With everyone's help, we can help Cooley's Anemia Foundation expand their work so that children with Thalassemia will no longer require lifelong blood transfusions every two or three weeks, will no longer suffer the deadly destruction of their organs, and will no longer face a life span far shorter than their friends or siblings.

Instructed and coordinated by Brian Laroe for the second year in a row, he will be joined by Lorry Baranowski Lima, Kim Gates and Torri Buchwald.

Raffle tickets can be purchased for prizes donated by many local vendors and businesses.

Minimum donation: $15. Cash or checks are to be made out to: CAF (Cooley's Anemia Foundation).

Please contact Brian LaRoe (Zumba instructor) at 860-295-8428 or zumbabri@yahoo.com, a waiver form needs to be filled out at registration time or Brian can email you one prior to registration.

Please contact Sara Regina at 860-295-8644 for more information and/or donations if not able to attend. Donated gift baskets for raffle would be much appreciated.