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Heart & Sole Dance Foundation

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7038 183rd Street
708-532-6237
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Mission
Through the medium of Ballroom Dance our mission is to cultivate self-respect, creativity, social awareness, teamwork, personal confidence and cultural understanding while providing engaging mental challenges and obvious physical benefits. This process will enrich the lives of the entire community.
Company Overview
The Heart & Sole Dance Foundation is an arts-education organization formed in 2012 by Maren Oslac, owner of Heart & Sole Dance. After years of assisting the area communities raise both money and awareness for various charitable endeavors, through her ballroom studio located in Tinley Park, Maren decided to create a not-for-profit to continue to aid her local community and the surrounding areas. Th...is foundation will provided a unique opportunity to build positive change in the community; with a focus on reaching children in the Southern Cook and North Eastern Will Counties using in school social development programs. The foundation is the medium in which funds will be raised for the in school program as well as other community charitable opportunities. In addition, the organization will provide scholarships for children in need who wish to continue on with Ballroom Dance.
 
Description
Established in 2012, the HSDF mission is to cultivate self-respect, creativity, social awareness, teamwork, and cultural understanding through ballroom dance. HSDF is proud to bring the internationally recognized, in school program Dancing Classrooms to the children of Southern Chicago. In our pilot year we brought Dancing Classrooms Southern Chicago to the 5th classes at Southeast Elementary in E...vergreen Park. The program was a huge success, bringing a positive impact on all the children who participated, their families, and community at large. We have not only been asked to implement the program throughout district 124 in the upcoming 2013-2014 school year, we are also speaking to numerous other districts to bring the program to an additional 20+ schools. HSDF assists each classroom by covering half of the $3500 it costs to run the program. The funds are raised by generous donations made by the community, and several fundraising events held throughout the year.