San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)

LUNA DANCE BY THE NUMBERS

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Years since founding: 30.

Children reached every year: More than 50,000.

Children Luna hopes to reach by 2032: More than 500,000.

Teaching artists supported: More than 800.

Summer Dance Institutes hosted: 21.

Number of Summer Dance Institute participan­ts: 12 — six dance teaching artists and six classroom teachers or non-dance teaching specialist­s, including mental health workers, speech therapists and physical education teachers..

Percentage of Summer Dance Institute past participan­t survey respondent­s still teaching dance: 83%.

Year Luna founded MPACT for reunifying families and children: 2000.

Number of parents and children served by MPACT: 5,000.

Counties where Luna has helped establish similar free family dance programs: Orange County and Los Angeles County.

Number of schools in the Oakland Unified School District where Luna has built comprehens­ive dance programs: Three — New Highland Academy, Tilden Elementary and Grass Valley Elementary.

Amount of money being raised to buy and renovate Luna’s permanent building: $2.5 million.

Money raised so far: $1.25 million.

Number of Luna Donors, 2021-22: 213, including the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council and Alameda County Arts Commission.

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