On September 15th, 2018 dancers, parents and community members of ALL AGES came to our to celebrate the OPENING of Joy in Motion's NEW HOME. We held our Deploy Joy Dance Party & Silent Auction which was a smashing success. We transformed the space (once again) to create a magical party atmosphere.
Our Lobby featured a photo booth and the Lounge was open for relaxing and visiting with friends. Studio 1 became our Dining Room with amazing food & drinks. Studio 2 became our Silent Auction Room which featured 27 amazing packages as well as our Signature Cocktail...the Jim-o-nade! Last, but certainly not least, Studio 3 became our Glow in the Dark Dance Room which was enjoyed by kids and adults alike. We also had an amazing face painter in our large side hallway which used glow in the dark make-up!
The space was absolutely perfect for our approximately 170 guests and was filled with so much love and support. Seeing people enjoying themselves and enlivening our new home made us extremely happy and proud! We raised over $15,000 from the event which includes a generous donation of $5,000 that evening...WOOHOO!!! We wan't thank our friends, family and the community more for believing in us, our dream, and our organization!
We'd like to thank our in-kind donors which helped make our evening the success that it was. With their generosity, we were able to put together some of the most wonderful packages and offer great beverages and prizes for our drawings!
With full hearts overflowing from the love and support from the community for our brand of supportive, inclusive and FUN dance classes and events, we've taken the Old Moraga Post Office and build it into 3 dance studios with a supporting lobby, office, lounges, dressing rooms, etc. We are more that proud of what of what we've created...space for dancers to thrive, parents and care-givers to relax and feel welcome, and a pretty rockin' party space, we've learned!
Read Lamorinda Weekly's profile of our construction project HERE.
Our Deploy Joy Party bumped us over halfway to of our GOAL of raising $150,000 to help with construction costs. Our goal is less than half of the cost.
All funds go directly toward helping pay off a loan we obtained to create our new home. We now have a solid base to continue to bring dance into the Lamorinda community and beyond. A lot of the money we spent on this project went back into the community as our general contractor, broker, plumber and many others were from right here in Moraga, with many more including our bank, architect and engineers based out of Walnut Creek.
If you are considering making a donation, please consider writing a check. We lose about 3% on every credit card transaction.
Mail your generous donation to:
Joy in Motion
1545 School Street
Moraga, CA 94556
Annonymous Givers |
Amaki Family |
Anders Family |
Baker Family |
Balonick Family |
Jean Barnhart |
Beckwith Family |
Mike Bennett and Leslie Larson |
Biasotti Family |
Siena and Bryn Billings |
Jennifer Birkby |
Bjornson Family |
Amy Bowser |
Eleanora and Wesley Brutocao |
Anaya Budayr |
Peter Budinger and DC Scarpelli |
John and Vickey Campbell |
Brittney Cantando |
McCashin Family |
Cattell Family |
Cecchin Family |
Vanessa Cerrito |
Chagan Family |
Chan Family |
Sheldon Char |
Zoya and Nella Chindarkarova |
Jenny Clare |
Chano and Cori Clark |
In Honor of David Clark |
Coane Sisters |
Cole-Sparks Family |
Janie Cole and Tom Kresta |
Molly Connelly |
Buff and Jerry Corsi |
Coy Family |
Joycelin Craig |
Sue and Sandy Craig |
Marianne Fisher & Eric and Rowan Craig |
Crane Family |
Curran Family |
Davis Family |
Heather and Greg Davis |
George and Kathie Doerr |
(Tessa) Doherty Family |
Duda Family |
Dugan Family |
The Eagle Foundation |
Fabo Family |
Marina Fadelli |
Fitzsimmons Family |
Raina and Peter Foster |
Meredith Friedman and Family |
Yukie Fujimoto |
Fullenkamp Family |
Ioannis & Christine Gkatzimas |
Galizia Family |
Gilbert |
Gilmore Family |
Julie Gladden |
Goodman Family |
Gottschalk Family |
Diana and Trent Graves |
Greenberg Family |
Jaye Griffiths |
Grover Family |
Gustafson Family |
Gymboree Play & Music of Lafayette |
Haraburda Family |
Harris Family |
Hastings Family |
Ari Hatton |
Hayes Family |
Helder Family |
Hunter Family |
Irene Jai |
Carla Jaramillo |
Johannessen Family |
Lynn Kalmar |
Tom and Laura Kelleher |
Marina and Jason Kimbro |
Kish Family |
Ken Kokka |
Beth Kreitzer |
Kroger Family |
Bill and Krysta Lapcevic |
Larsen Family |
Chris and Marie Legallet |
Renee Lesti |
Lidicker |
Lim Family |
Barbara and Ron Lucich |
Ludwig Family |
Levy family |
Madfes Family |
Serena Meyer |
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation |
Mosellen Family |
Movement in Balance |
Barbara Murfin |
Patricia and Randy Murphy |
Narayani Family |
Mara and Allen Norleen |
Ryan and Fernando Ochoa Beltran Smith |
O'Meara family |
Jonathan and Mona Parker |
Amy and Stephen Parlett |
Patterson Family |
The Pendletons |
Jay Praml and Anna Gutierrez |
Carley Praml |
Lisa Zuffi at Presidio Bank |
Purcell Family |
Ragasa Family |
Raphael Family |
Art and Dianne Reardon |
Rogers Family Foundation |
Ross Family |
J Sabolboro |
Sanguinet Family |
Sarah Christensen Photography, LLC |
Schmedding Family |
Schnurr Family |
Gena and Brooke Schwartz |
Nana and David Seo |
Shaffer Family |
Shahhosseini Family |
Cyle and Claudia Sherman |
Alison Shimada |
Shum Family |
Claire and Doug Smith |
Sorenson Family |
Kristyn Spencer |
The Stephens Girls |
Stuffmann Family |
Tallarico Family |
Tanabe Family |
Rosy Goodman Tennant |
Linda with a 'y' |
Ting family |
Torres Family |
Diana Tsoi and Paul Hamai |
VonderBrink Family |
Wagner Family |
Walls Family |
Walters Family |
Yosinori and Mika Watanabe |
Weaver Family |
Suiling Weed |
Weiner Family |
Greg, Leah and Finn Wilson |
Oliver and Walter Wilson |
Winkler Family |
Winter Family |
Woodford Family |
Emily and Danny Wu |
*as of 9/14/18
Joy in Motion provides dance classes for children, teens, adults and seniors in tap, jazz, hip hop, ballet, contemporary, creative movement and theatrical dance styles to the Lamorinda communities of Moraga, Lafayette, and Orinda and the surrounding cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Piedmont, El Sobrante, Walnut Creek and Martinez.
1545 School Street, Moraga, CA 94556
925-388-0668
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