Rachel Gabriel is cofounder of Shimmies for a Cure, which uses belly dancing performances to raise funds for charities. The group has scaled back because of the economy.
(ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
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Rachel Gabriel is cofounder of Shimmies for a Cure, which uses belly dancing performances to raise funds for charities. The group has scaled back because of the economy.
(ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
To raise enough money to participate in the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, a two-day charity bike trip across Massachusetts, Rachel Gabriel started an unusual fund-raising event of her own, an evening of belly dancing performances. Her "Shimmy Fund" raised nearly $4,700 last year for the Jimmy Fund and put her in the Pan-Mass Challenge. (Full article: 973 words)
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