Pell City charity event raises $10,000
Photos by Michael Callahan
You might call a ticket to it a hot commodity if you looked around the room with a capacity crowd of more than 500 to see the 2015 version of Dancing With Our Stars.
And you would be right.
Thirteen groups and couples danced their way into raising more than $10,000 for the American Cancer Society, an evening that featured ordinary citizens who stepped onto the dance floor and wowed the crowd with an array of moves, shimmies and surprises.
An insurance salesman donned a polka dot dress and wig to keep up with “the girls.” Police officers showed their moves to the tune of Bad Boys, and what better song for firefighters than Disco Inferno? It was all in fun and all for a good cause.
When the evening concluded and trophies awarded, the real winner was evident — the American Cancer Society — and the real hero was Pell City Line Dancers, who started the event a year ago.
Doris Munkus, who heads the group, called it “great entertainment.” The money will go toward helping cancer patients with gasoline for trips to treatments, wigs, prostheses, makeup, lodging at Hope Lodge in Birmingham and research at UAB Cancer Research.
Munkus had high praise for all the dancers who donated “time and talent” to the event, making it yet another success story for the Pell City Line Dancers’ fundraising effort for the American Cancer Society.
The support of the community has made it one of the top events of the year. “I love Pell City,” she said. “It is a great place to raise a family.”
