WELCOME TO This event was created by A Charity Affaire in 2006 to provide a multi-charity fundraising venue. Since that time, it has raised approximately $250,000 for 42 different charities. Some charities participate multiple times. It is such a popular event that we have a Fall and Spring production in the Palm Springs area. We welcome all charities that are interested in participating in our first event in Orange County to contact us for more information.
To contact us about participating as a charity, dancer, instructor, sponsor or our program ads; OR bringing this event to your area, please click here The Center for Spiritual Discovery invited us to produce this event for them for the inaugural Orange County event. A Charity Affaire and Ballroom is Back! have worked together to bring this event to you. WE'RE ON THE RADIO! Listen to KTSTFM.COM on Sundays at 1 PM on your computer - a radio show dedicated to ballroom dancing. To learn about the show click here To hear the radio show blogcast playing the Sound Bites click here
DANCING WITH OUR STARS
The Fundraiser
And Our Inaugural
ORANGE COUNTY EVENT
July 26, 2008
Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center
In two years, we have grown from 7 couples competing for their chosen charity, 160 people in the audience and raising $16,000 to 10 - 12 charities per event, 350+ people in the audience and have raised as much as $103,000 in one evening.
We fulfill peoples' dreams of being a "star" on this special Night of Enchantment!
Our participating charities have included:
Alzheimer's Association, American Cancer Society - Discovery Shops, Angel Light Academy, Angel View Children's Foundation, Animal Samaritans,
Armed Forces Foundation, Arthritis Foundation, Betty Ford Center Children's Program, Big Hearts for Little Hearts, Braille Institute, Cathedral City Senior Center, Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert, Coachella Valley Community Recreation Foundation, Coachella Valley Women's Business Center, COD's Institute for Sales & Service Excellence, Community Center at Tierra del Sol, Cornerstone Covenant Church, DesertArc, Desert Samaritans for the Elderly, Fashion Group Foundation, Foundation of PSUSD 24/7 Laptop Program, Guide Dogs of America, Joslyn Senior Center, Living Free Animal Sanctuary, Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Mourning Star Center of the VNAIC, Natalie Tanner Foundation, National MS Society, Olive Crest Homes for Abused & Neglected Children, Palm Springs Historical Society, Parkinson Resource Organization, Partnership for the End of Life Choices, Paws & Hearts, RSCD Spiritual Center, SafeHouse of the Desert, Soroptimist Int'l. of Palm Springs,
Starkey Hearing Foundation, St. Margaret's Episcopal 8th Grade Washington D.C. Trip, The Girlfriend Factor, Theresa D. Holden Foundation, Tour de Palm Springs, Variety Children's Charity and Wounded Warrior Project.