CAPA’s Dancing With Our Stars raises record amount of money
By Delayna Earley
The Island News
The 7th annual Dancing With Our Stars event was the most successful one yet, according to Jessie Chapman, Director of Development at the Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) of Beaufort.
This year, their participants raised half a million dollars that will go to benefit CAPA and help to build and new facility that was announced last year.
Participants, who are selected for their contributions to the community and to CAPA, held fundraisers for several months to raise money in honor of the event for CAPA.
The money raised from ticket sales will also be added into the count, said Chapman.
This year, both nights were sold out.
The event was held over two nights, Friday March 15, and Saturday, March 16, and will be available to view online at the Beaufort County Channel (BCTV).
The winners for 2024 are:
People’s Choice: Jeff Vinney and Erin Hancock.
Kid’s Choice: Jamie Achor and Skyeem Gardner.
Judge’s Choice: Tim Gurley and Candace Dore.
Alumni’s Choice: Douglas Cifranick and Lea McFadden.
Best Costume: Ty Reichel and Rashad Gadson.
Best Choreography: Rita Wilson and Erin Demers.
“It’s a friend-raiser and a fundraiser,” Chapman said about the event. “The goal is to make friends of CAPA and raise funds.”
Chapman said that every year the hope is to make the event bigger and better so that they can raise more money to benefit CAPA Beaufort, but this year will be hard to top.
Delayna Earley, who joined The Island News in 2022, formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
