The North Carolina 13th Annual St. Jude Zumbathon will take place on May 3, at Fit4Life Health Club-Hope Mills. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests can take part in fitness variations, Spin, Kickboxing, Total Body/Strength, Dance, and Zumba.
The St. Jude Zumbathon will be split up into two events. The second event will take place on June 7 at the John D. Fuller Recreation Center at 6627 Old Bunce Rd.
Tickets for the individual days cost $15. For those who want to participate in both events on May 3 and June 7, advance tickets are $30. Tickets at the door will be $35, and VIP tickets are available for $40.
To purchase tickets for the event, visit https://bit.ly/4cCtyOh
The proceeds for the event will support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. For more information, contact Fit4Life Hope Mills Health Club-Hope Mills at 910-779-0943.
The events will be lead by Natalie Haskell from Work It With Natalie. In addition to her online training business, Haskell travels around the East Coast to hold Zumbathons to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. A military spouse and mother of three, Haskell says becoming a group fitness instructor has been a life transformation for her.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a world-renowned pediatric cancer treatment and research center in Memphis, Tennessee. The mission of St. Jude Children’s Hospital is to focus on childhood diseases and other life-threatening diseases, comprehensive care — free of charge to patients — ground-breaking research, a global impact and affiliate clinics. The unique operating model provides a normal childhood experience for children undergoing treatment, offering housing facilities for families and a focus on outpatient care.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital treats patients from all 50 U.S. states and internationally, with around 8,600 patients seen annually. The hospital has helped overall childhood cancer rates from 20 percent in 1962 to over 80 percent today and has achieved a 94 percent survival rate for all.
Fit4Life, located at 2820 Hope Mills Rd., is a state of the art gym facility that is open to members 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Gym memberships come with free group fitness classes, and the gym has a kids' zone for parents to drop off their kids while they work out.
The facility holds daily Zumba and Spin classes, and also offers yoga, dance fit, Pilates and kickboxing throughout the week.