100 Presents Donated to Residents at the Zumbathon

On Wednesday 11th December, our studio was turned into Santa’s grotto.

From 12pm – 7pm there was a party atmosphere in the studio as people came to shake their hips for a good cause.

100 presents were donated at the Zumbathon. Thorntons chocolates also generously donated to the Christmas gift appeal, which means every resident will have a present to open this Christmas.

The participants relished the Christmas Disco theme as Rose Royce’s ‘Carwash’ came on every hour. And amongst the Santa hats and Christmas t-shirts were flares, afros and metallics.

There was an inspiring mix of Zumba experts and first timers. One thing everyone had in common was a smile!

There were a number of participants who heroically made it through the whole 7 hours!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Zumbathon and brought a Christmas present for one of the residents in our hostel.

Merry Christmas!

Carol Burrell, Zumbathon leader:

‘This year’s Zumbathon was even better than last year! It was tiring but so much fun. You were all amazing!’

@EmmaLSleight

Just finished off my shift with an hour in the Zumbathon… What a fantastic event, loved it! Hope everyone enjoys the rest!

VolunteerNG

Spent my lunchbreak at the @NottsYMCA #Zumbathon2013! A fun festive class and we all made gift donations to people living at the hostel SW

Daniella Taylor:

‘The Zumbathon was very fun and exciting, I definitely will be attending more Zumba classes!’