On October 21, 2023, The Arc of Washington County celebrated the 11th anniversary of “Dancing with The Arc Stars”
We were joined by over 250 guests to celebrate with an evening of dinner and dancing entertainment at Fountainhead Country Club. Festivities included a cocktail hour featuring a dancing exhibition by students from Ballet and All That Jazz and Barbara Ingram School for the Arts. Dinner and dance competition followed with this year’s celebrity dancers including:
Matt Jozik
Vice President Commercial Services Relationship Manager at F&M Trust, Board Member of The Arc of Washington County
Jenn Peiffer
Practice Manager and Marketing Director at Premier Spine and Sports Medicine in Hagerstown, REALTOR® at CENTURY 21 Market Professionals in Hagerstown, Executive Director, Miss Washington County/Miss Western Maryland Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
Tereance Moore
PMP, SHRM-CP, Realtor. TMConsulting Business Consultant, Mediation 1st Founder, and Project Management Professional in Global Financial Services Operations, and Technology and Global Manufacturing New Product Development.
Laurie Chrzanowski
Partner/Owner, Stone House Winery, Hagerstown
Bailey Kercheval
Chief Operating Officer/Co-Owner at Sloan School of Music
Nicole Myers
Co-President, Myers Management
The 2023 event raised over $180,000.00 in sponsorships, monetary votes, in kind giving and ticket sales. This will put us at an 11-year net total of over $1,000,000 for the people we support.
Proceeds from this event continue to be used to improve the lives of those we serve.
A very special thank you to the following team members!
Sponsorship committee
Blackie Bowen
Scott Bowen
Taylor Bowen
Cort Meinelschmidt
Richie Holzapfel
Heath Hykes
Troy Van Scoyoc
Mike Kipe
Sandra Miles
Kate Younkins
Event planning Committee
Blackie Bowen
Richie Holzapfel
Ranelle W. Flurie
Noelle Reed
Shanda Merchant
Sandra Miles
Julie Fender
Courtney Rowe
Paula Price
Jennifer Shaw
Lisa Churchey
Troy Van Scoyoc
Kim Tagg
Kate Younkins
Liz Lumadue
MC
Paul Frey
JUDGES
Tara Nalley
Ashley Schweinhart
Scott Bowen
DANCE COACHES
Butch and Roberta Bloxom
Mary Teal Medina
Ranelle Flurie and Lorna Shaffer
The Arc of Washington County, Inc. (Arc/WC) is a charitable non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization advocating for the rights and full participation of all children and adults with cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities in our community. It is governed by a Board of Directors elected from its membership.
If you are interested in supporting this event with a sponsorship, please contact Alli Lanham via email ALanham@arcwc-md.org or call (301) 730-3299.
Ticket information and 2024 Dancing Profiles will be released this summer.