CORNWALL, Ontario – The seventh annual Freezin for a Reason Zumba Carolling event took place on Friday, Dec. 15.
Lead by Christal Bowen of Zumba with Christal lead the 50 carollers through the Sunrise Acres area of Cornwall with help from volunteers like DJ Stacey McPhail and Nathan Carr, who recorded the event on Facebook Live.
Bowen said that the support they received from the community in the area was overwhelming.
“One older gentlemen drove up to us and I thought he was going to ask us to turn the music down, but he said “hey, you forgot my house” and by the time we got to his place his wife and daughter were in the driveway dancing with us,” Bowen said.
The event ran from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the event collected $1,500 in cash.
The residents at Sunrise Acres were well aware that the carollers would be coming around, and while some residents could not be there, they still left donations in their mailboxes.
With 50 carollers, this year was Freezin for a Reason’s best year yet and thanks to streaming the event on Facebook Live, 2, 000 people got to hear the carols and see the zumba workout as they made their way through Sunrise Acres.
