Dance 2 Save Coming to Stoughton this Saturday

Dance 2 Save, a Massachusetts-based dance group, will be performing at the on Saturday, July 9, looking to raise money for a local charity, Cradles to Crayons.

The show, which starts at 7 p.m., features dancers of all ages from all over the state, some still in high school, others married with children. The group includes Lindsey Heffernan, a 2009 graduate of Stoughton High School.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 15. Heffernan said she is hoping for a big turnout, because the group has to “pay to use the space this year…[and] needs to raise a lot of money at this years show.”

According to the group’s YouTube page, Dance 2 Save varies “in style, age and training,” but, “all members have a passion for dance and a passion for giving back to their communities.”

The group “performs and puts together workshops to raise funds for local charitable organizations.”

As Heffernan explains, each year the founders of Dance 2 Save, Judy McDonough and Erika Reichert, strive to raise money for a charitable organization. In the past, the organizations have included Habitat for Humanity, Hope for Haiti and Nothing But Nets, but this year, the group is fundraising for, Cradles to Crayons.

Cradles to Crayons, founded in 2002, “strives to provide children up to age 12 living in homeless and low-income situations with the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued,” according to the organization’s website.

Heffernan said Dance 2 Save has performed at a Celtics game this past January, but the big fundraiser is the recital. All the proceeds from the show will be donated to Cradles to Crayons.

For more information, visit the group’s Facebook page. To see Dance 2 Save in action, watch highlights of the group on their YouTube page, and to see the group in person, check out this Saturday’s show, 7 p.m. on July 9 at the Stoughton High auditorium. And, for more on Cradles to Crayons, visit their website.