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Onalaska dancing foundation receives $1,000 donation

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5 years ago

September 8, 2019

Ryan Richardson presented a check to Misty Lown for the Chance to Dance Foundation this morning (photo credit: Misty’s Dance Unlimited).

A $1,000 donation from Vivial has an Onalaska business dancing with joy.

Vivial, an online marketing agency, made the donation to Misty’s Dance Unlimited’s Chance to Dance Foundation. Founder Misty Lown said the program allows youth of all abilities to participate in the arts.

“Yes, there is an absolute joy to watch a child experience dance,”Lown said, “but for me, the best part is watching a parent watch a child participate in a mainstream dance class environment and watch their child take the stage with every other kid.”

Lown added that they typically have 25 students with special needs participate each year.

The organization also offers scholarships for hopeful dancers in La Crosse County Foster Care and the Boys and Girls Club.

The dance studio is entering its 22nd season of dance in Onalaska.

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Kaitlyn Riley’s passion for communications started on her family’s dairy farm in Gays Mills, Wis. Wanting to share agriculture’s story, she studied strategic communications and broadcast journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In college, she held officer positions with the Association of Women in Agriculture and Badger Dairy Club while volunteering as a news reporter for the college radio station. She also founded the university’s first agricultural radio talk show, AgChat. In her professional career, Kaitlyn has worked in radio, print and television news doing everything from covering local events to interviewing presidential candidates, and putting back on her barn boots to chat with farmers in the field. Today, Kaitlyn can be seen covering local stories that matter to you in the La Crosse area.