Help Mckenna Dance @ San Francisco Ballet
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"First comes Sweat. Then comes Beauty." ~ Balanchine.
This part is the difficult the part. The Sweat.
My name is Mckenna Riss, and I am 15 years old. I have been dancing from the age of four. I am a pre-professional student at Ashley Ballet Arts Academy. I spend hours and hours each week taking classes, and with Covid slowly winding down, the ability to travel and train is returning!
The past few summers I have trained at Boston Ballet School's Summer Dance Program, and this summer, I head to the west coast to dance with San Francisco Ballet's summer program. I will dance for five weeks, six days per week where I will learn from the distinguished faculty at SFB. This will be an amazing opportunity to further my ballet training and prepare me for year-round training.
With training, comes substantial cost. This is where I need your help!
Tuition + Housing = $7300
Travel expenses = $800
What am I doing to raise money?
I recently got a job as a food runner at our local drive in (The Galaxy Drive In- come in and visit!) where I will work 10-12 hours per week in addition to dancing and school. I also babysit and do extra chores to round out my saving effort. My goal is to personally save $1000 by June.
Then comes the Beauty.
Part of asking for funds is to continue to help others. With my last GFM campaign, I donated 10% of my funds to create a scholarship "Mudanca da Mckenna" that provided funds for a year's worth of tuition for a deserving dancer in Brazil. Some funds were used for Nutcracker registration for a deserving student at my dance school.
When you give and support my training to becoming a professional dancer, you will also help another young dancer as I plan to continue funding my scholarship for a young dancer in need.
Please consider donating to my GFM campaign & I thank you for your generosity and consideration. I will be attending July 5-August 6.
This part is the difficult the part. The Sweat.
My name is Mckenna Riss, and I am 15 years old. I have been dancing from the age of four. I am a pre-professional student at Ashley Ballet Arts Academy. I spend hours and hours each week taking classes, and with Covid slowly winding down, the ability to travel and train is returning!
The past few summers I have trained at Boston Ballet School's Summer Dance Program, and this summer, I head to the west coast to dance with San Francisco Ballet's summer program. I will dance for five weeks, six days per week where I will learn from the distinguished faculty at SFB. This will be an amazing opportunity to further my ballet training and prepare me for year-round training.
With training, comes substantial cost. This is where I need your help!
Tuition + Housing = $7300
Travel expenses = $800
What am I doing to raise money?
I recently got a job as a food runner at our local drive in (The Galaxy Drive In- come in and visit!) where I will work 10-12 hours per week in addition to dancing and school. I also babysit and do extra chores to round out my saving effort. My goal is to personally save $1000 by June.
Then comes the Beauty.
Part of asking for funds is to continue to help others. With my last GFM campaign, I donated 10% of my funds to create a scholarship "Mudanca da Mckenna" that provided funds for a year's worth of tuition for a deserving dancer in Brazil. Some funds were used for Nutcracker registration for a deserving student at my dance school.
When you give and support my training to becoming a professional dancer, you will also help another young dancer as I plan to continue funding my scholarship for a young dancer in need.
Please consider donating to my GFM campaign & I thank you for your generosity and consideration. I will be attending July 5-August 6.
Organizer
Jennifer Barnes Riss
Organizer
Minneapolis, MN