South Brunswick Girl Scout Presents Dance Showcase to Aid Food Pantry

With the South Brunswick Food Pantry  for Thanksgiving, a local Girl Scout will be presenting a dance showcase this weekend to help fill the empty shelves of the pantry, while also promoting good health. For her Girl Scout Gold Award, South Brunswick High School senior Preethi Kamath is seeking to encourage dance as a way of staying healthy.

"I've been a Girl Scout for 13 years and for my Gold Award I wanted to do something I'm passionate about, so I chose dance," Preethi said. "My project is a showcase that promotes dance as a way of staying healthy and exercising to combat the rising obesity rate."

Preethi and her dance partner, Atul Divakarla, have been teaching four different dance classes to kids, teens, Girl Scouts and adults. At the dance showcase on Saturday, their four classes will be performing along with professional dance schools like Aum Dance Creations, the American Ballet Academy, Qing Yang Dance Studio and Full Throttle. There will be multiple dance styles on display, including hip-hop, house, shuffling, Chinese, tap, salsa, Bollywood, lyrical and ballet.

"There's going to be a lot of different types of dancing to show that it doesn't matter how young or how old you are, anyone can dance for exercise and have fun with it," Preethi said.

The showcase will be held on Saturday Nov. 19, starting at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Preethi said she's hoping for an audience of at least 200 people.

The entrance fee is $5 with all proceeds donated to the South Brunswick Food Pantry. There will also be tutorial DVD’s for the dances taught by Preethi and Atul sold at low prices. Attendees are also encouraged to bring an item to help the food pantry. 

The South Brunswick Food Pantry is low or completely out of the following items:

• Pasta
• Peanut butter and Jelly
• Canned tomatoes
• Canned meats such as tuna, chili, canned chicken, beef stew
• Chef Boyardee products such as ravioli, spaghettio’s etc.
• Snack foods
• Juice
• Cereal and Oatmeal
• Canned Pumpkin
• Green vegetables
• Canned corn
• Rice
• Boxed potatoes
• Canned yams
• Frozen turkeys and hams

To donate or volunteer for the South Brunswick Food Pantry, call 732-329-4000 ext. 7674.