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Zumba fundraising event gets hearts pumping
Proceeds benefit American Heart Association
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Danielle Stewart, left, and Michelle Miller look at Joelma Soares-Sambdman’s wares Saturday afternoon at the fourth annual Party Hearty Zumba fundraiser for the American Heart Association at the J.A. Walters Family YMCA in Gainesville. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Since she was a 14-year-old sophomore at Lakeview Academy, Vidya Medepalli had a vision of helping raise awareness and funds for people suffering from heart ailments. To achieve this goal, Medepalli conducted a Zumba fundraiser, not knowing if it would succeed in raising money. Now 18, Medepalli is a freshmen at Georgia Regents University in Augusta.