The Anguilla Lions club hosted its third annual Flash Mob Dance on Saturday November 12th 2016 at the grounds of Ronald Webster Building in observance of World Diabetes Day.
Students from the Orelia Kelly, Vivienne Vanterpool, Morris Vanterpool, Adrian T Hazel and Alwyn Allison Primary Schools were united together through dance with the focus on promoting positive lifestyles and encouraging unity among young people. Primary schools are iconic of the communities in which they are located and as such bringing these students together signifies the coming together of the communities to bring awareness on diabetes.
Quests performances were by Klassique Academy of dance and Performing Arts and the Raging Warriors dance group of the Vivienne Vanterpool Primary School.
In observance of World Diabetes Day November 14th, Lions Club Members and Teachers from the 5 primary Schools delivered messages and stressed the importance of exercise and healthy diet. Additional information on diabetes was distributed in pamphlets to the crowd of supporters gathered.
The messages were well received by the onlookers and Parents who cheered on the students for their stunning dance performances.
Also to observe the day, the diabetes circle was formed by the gathering in solidarity of diabetic victims.
Lion Ernie Hodge-Carty, Zone Chairman for Zone 2B, was MC for the evening and was assisted by Prospective member Heather Rodney.
The Anguilla Lions Club would like to thank the parents and guardians for allowing and supporting their children to unite through dance and the teachers for accepting with much enthusiasm this initiative. The club would also like to thank the Social Security Board for allowing use of their parking lot to host the event and who came onboard this year to sponsor the event. The Lions club also extends gratitude to Caines Bakery, DJ Kastro and Tucker for their invaluable contributions.
Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. Its 1.35 million members and more than 46,000 clubs are serving communities in 207 countries and geographical areas around the globe. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired, championed youth initiatives and strengthened local communities through hands-on service and humanitarian projects. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit lionsclubs.org.
– Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
