Friends and family, Elana and I are yet again pairing up to shimmy our tail feathers off to raise as much money as we can to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She is soooo excited to help her Auntie Samantha again.

Last year Elana was able to raise over $5,000 for CF and was the top fundraiser. Please help her reach this goal again! All donations go directly to the cause and over 90% of your donation goes to finding a cure. Not many charities can boast that kind of efficiency and can do as much good as the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

If you are in the Atlanta area, we would love to have you come down and watch Elana shimmy. She will need all the cheering on she can get as she goes hip to hip with the other women to shimmy their coins off.

The history of Shimmy-a-thon:

5 Years Old and still going strong!

As many of you know, I founded Shimmy-a-thon 5 years ago. Elana was in my tummy at the time and it seemed like a wonderful way to help a cause which is so important in our lives. The first Shimmy-a-thon was held on May 14th 2005 and Elana was born on the 26th. Shimmy-a-thon that year exceeded any goals for fundraising I had set. I originally thought raising $5K dollars for the cause was an amazing feat...and we brought in over $16K! I couldn't believe it. Each year since then the event has raised at least $15K for the cause. I am sooo proud of this event and it gave me an opportunity to help my sister and other families struggling with CF.

I turned over the day to day running of the event planning to a friend last year and was amazed to see Shimmy-a-thon reach new heights. This year a new member of the dance community has taken over and is taking the event in even new directions. I can not wait to see how my little brain child continues to grow and change over the years to support this wonderful cause.

Thank you so much for your continued support of our family!

Lots of Love, Wendy and Elana