Dear Hip Hop Sisters,

We will be tearing up the floor tonight at the DIS Gym, training hard for life and for the upcoming Race For the Cure on Oct.17th. We are trying to get organized a little bit earlier this year so that we can raise more cashini and better prep a super hot team for the race.

Last year DI Hip Hop raised money that went to the Komen Foundation and paid for decorations used to make the Survivor's Tent a fabulous pink palace on race day. We are continuing that tradition with NEXT THURSDAY'S class' entire proceeds going towards our team's donation.

Whether you run or not, I assure you that training your body at Hip Hop Class a few nights per week will have you plenty fit to run a 5k. The Race this year will be a mobile celebration of life and a defiant statement that Breast Cancer will be defeated.

Our courageous survivor sisters will feel the positivity and love we put into creating a chill haven for them. The Komen Foundation will have more resources to continue the fight. We get fitter and celebrate Life together. It's Win-Win. Please bring as many friends (regular hip hop chicks, or not) to class next week so we can really make an impact.

We will be requesting donations of $10+ at the door that night.

And if you needed more motivation to come to class TONIGHT, check this out:

Increased physical activity, even when begun later in life, reduces overall breast-cancer risk by 20 percent among women at all levels of risk for the disease, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Their findings appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.