The Nov. 7 gala and dance competition
Dancing With Our Hearts will serve as
Dance With Your Heart Inc.’s inaugural event to kick off a series of dance-related projects that raise awareness and funds for nonprofits throughout the year.
Jeremy and Desireé Mainous, franchise owners of Arthur Murray Dance Studio’s
Cincinnati location, decided to launch Dance With Your Heart and immerse it into Cincinnati’s nonprofit landscape after producing events for organizations like Cincinnati Arts Association and Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. The couple recognized the need for support among local nonprofit organizations and wanted to do something to give back.
“We wanted a fundraising effort that was more inclusive of a variety of causes in Cincinnati,” Desireé Mainous says.
Previously, the couple had annually hosted Swinging for Charity, but the new event, whose mission is “to inspire and empower people to dance with their heart and dream with their feet,” will enable the couple to do more.
Dancing With Our Hearts will feature local celebrities like mixologist Molly Wellman and Cpt. James Kettler of the Cincinnati Fire Department representing eight different charities — everything from
Northern Kentucky Hates Heroin to
The Marvin Lewis Community Fund.
“We wanted to start a charity event that raised money for multiple causes,” Mainous says. “And we wanted those dancing to be able to choose which charity
they wanted their proceeds to go.”
Do Good:
• Purchase tickets to
Dancing With Our Hearts 6 p.m. Nov. 7 at The Phoenix, downtown.
• Learn more about the local celebrity competitors and the charities in which they represent
here.
• Like Dance With Your Heart Inc. on
Facebook.
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