Abigail Podwall, a Junior at Great Neck North High School and Christos Raptis, a Junior at New Hyde Park Memorial, helped to create a Dance Party for Jamaica to support Northwell Global Health Initiative with its hurricane relief program.
They partnered with Natasha Neary, a popular gym instructor and Broadway dancer from Jamaica, and DJ Funk, her son, to have a dance party. Neary is also a talented artist who auctioned and raffled her artwork with proceeds going to the hurricane relief.
About 100 students attended and the group raised almost $7,000. The event took place on Dec. 14 at Temple Beth El in Great Neck from 12-1:30 p.m. The students worked hard to get the word out to their friends and classmates to come have fun, while supporting a very good cause.
People came to hear great music, eat pizza and dance–all for a meaningful purpose.
