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This Mother's Day, Zumba for the Cure
A Kimberton-based instructor will lead a Zumba warm up before Sunday's Race for the Cure.
When it comes to cancer, Jana Kent-Dewald doesn’t dance around the issue. She dances right through it.
The Kimberton-based exercise instructor and her class, Zumba Fitness with Jana—who have together raised tens of thousands of dollars to fight the disease—will lead a Zumba warm up before this Sunday’s annual Susan G. Komen foundation Race for the Cure.
“Cancer pisses me off,” said the frank Kent-Dewald, who says the cause is, for her, personal: three members of her mother’s side of the family have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Rather than stew though, she’s decided to do something about it. In October of 2010, after her 42-year-old cousin died of complications from the disease, the fifty-something started a “Zumbathon” with her group—a series of classes in the exercise that sent all proceeds to the Komen Foundation.
This year the goal of the” Zumbathon” was to raise $5,000. To date, Kent-Dewald and her group have brought in over $12,000.
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“This isn’t about me,” she said. “It’s affected all of us.”
Zumba is a Latin inspired dance fitness workout. Kent-Dewald will lead the warm up at 7:45 a.m. on the race’s main stage.
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is a 5K Race, the proceeds of which go to raising awareness of breast cancer. Sunday will mark its 22nd running.
