Zumbathon to benefit Scojo's Restaurant manager

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The Surf City Volunteer Fire Co. hosts a zumbathon
to benefit a local resident who is battling leukemia.

Dance, donate or just watch at the A.L.L. for Dawn Zumbathon, led by freelance instructor Theresa Brown, on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 11 a.m to noon. The event, held at the Surf City Firehouse, located at 713 North Long Beach Blvd., will benefit Scojo’s Restaurant manager Dawn Russo, who was diagnosed in October with acute lymphomoblastic leukemia. A suggested $10 donation is requested. Checks can be made payable to “David’s Dream and Believe for Dawn Russo.”

“Every additional amount of money we can raise for her is pretty significant. So we’re trying, even if we just raise a little bit at a time,” said Mary Alice Basile, a Ship Bottom resident and long-time friend of Russo. “We exercised together and attended zumba classes prior to her becoming sick,” she added.

Another zumbathon will be held for Russo at the Ship Bottom Firehouse in March. For more information, call Basile at 201-207-2192.

— Kelley Anne Essinger

This article was published in The SandPaper.