Students who regularly participate in dance:
- Earn higher GPAs
- Perform better in science, math and writing
- Earn higher test scores on SATs
- Enroll in 4-year colleges and earn mostly As
Source: National Endowment for the Arts
Who We Are
The Chance to Dance Foundation is a charitable corporation that removes obstacles that stand between children and dance opportunities—whether due to a developmental disability, poverty or other life circumstances.
The Chance to Dance Foundation supports
- Darby’s Dancers, providing dance classes to special needs children at no cost to their parents
- Dance scholarships for members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse
- Dance scholarships for disadvantaged youth in 4 local counties
“A Chance to Dance Foundation” is proud to announce the following scholarship for the upcoming dance season:
- Dave and Barb Skogen “Live Your Dash Scholarship”
- Ashley Lee Memorial Scholarship
- Kaitlin Mahr Memorial Scholarship
- Sara Rose Hougom Memorial Scholarship
- Caden Bauer Apprentice Scholarship
- Kennet M. Oberly Ballet Arts Scholarship
- General Fund