Los Angeles: Free your hips, Free Your Mind with BUTI

She's the First is proud to announce a partnership with BUTI® for an incredible workout class led by BUTI®'s Founder and CEO, Bizzie Gold. The class, which will take place on Saturday, June 29th from 2-3:30pm at Your Neighborhood Studio in Culver City, CA, is sure to kick butt.

Sign up here and bring friends!

Special thanks to Christine Daley at BUTI® for helping organize this awesome class and be sure to follow BUTI® on Twitter or Facebook.

About Bizzie: Bizzie Gold first came to the media’s attention in 2011 as the Founder of BUTI®, a female empowerment lifestyle brand based on its signature style of movement that has garnered widespread media praise including being rated as one of the Hottest Workouts of 2013 by both the TODAY Show and SHAPE.

BUTI® uses an innovative group fitness format that fuses yoga, plyometrics and tribal dance. Additionally, Bizzie trains a handful of A-List celebrities that have taken their bodies to the next level using the BUTI® format to build long, lean muscle and achieve optimum health through a series of nutritional guidelines and lifestyle changes.

Featured in SELF, SHAPE and InStyle magazines, Bizzie has solidified her unique role in the fitness marketplace by pushing a female-centric wellness approach that looks at fitness holistically.

NYC: Fun "Recess" Workout on June 25 with Emily Cook Harris

On Tuesday, June 25th, fitness guru Emily Cook Harris will host a Recess Signature Bootcamp workout class at the Cap 21 Studios on 18th West 18th Street from 7-8pm. All proceeds raised by the class will be given to our Run The World campaign, so sign up by donating here.

Big thanks to Emily, who can be reached at emily@empowerednyc.com if you have any  questions. We hope to see you there!

P.S. All of the the class's participants will receive a $5 gift card redeemable at D'Vida Health Bar located in the Credit Suisse building on 24th Street and Madison Avenue, and World Wide Plaza on 49th Street and 8th Avenue. This credit can be used towards the purchase of a delicious smoothie from D'vida health bar!!

About Emily: Emily Cook Harris is a personal trainer, dancer, group exercise instructor, and lover of movement! She is a graduate of Louisiana State University where she received a B.S. in Kinesiology and a minor in dance. She holds numerous accredited certifications in the fitness field and has experience in corporate wellness, residential fitness, and community health initiatives. Emily also has a passion for the arts having performed nationally in musical theatre productions, danced for a platinum selling artist, and performed for The Walt Disney Company.

She believes in helping others become their best through health & fitness education, small changes that lead to lasting results, and loads of positive encouragement. She will motivate you to be your best - to adopt health and fitness as a lifestyle once and for all - and ultimately achieve your goals! Think, ‘Just Do It’ meets ‘Girl Power.’

You're invited: Shake it with us in Massachusetts!

We have an exciting update for all of our Boston-area supporters! You have heard about the fitness classes taking place here in New York City, but now we have one coming to you. Got any plans Saturday afternoon?     

Leonora Fleming, one of She’s the First’s campus chapter mentors, has partnered with LA Fitness in Stoughton, MA to host a Zumbathon to raise money for our Run the World campaign. All are welcome to join Leonora and her amazing Zumba instructors as they dance to send a girl to school THIS Saturday, June 15.  

 What: Two-hour Zumba Fitness class benefitting She’s the First  

 When: Saturday, June 15, 2013 / Noon - 2 PM  

 Where: LA Fitness, Stoughton, MA (3 Hawes Way / Behind Target, near the Randolph  cinema)   $10 per person / Open to the public!  

Will you be joining us? Let us know with an RSVP here. If you can’t make the event but would like to donate, you may do so by visiting Leonora’s Causevox fundraising page. Please feel free to direct any questions to leonora@shesthefirst.org  or reach out to her on Twitter.   

She’s the First would like to thank LA Fitness for hosting this event and Zumba extraordinaire Kelsey Darling for making it possible!  

Announcing Our Global Partnership with POUND -- Week of June 17!

With 20 days remaining in our Run the World campaign, She’s the First is excited to announce our newest partner – POUND. POUND has rallied instructors at all POUND locations across the world to participate in this cause during the week of June 17th. This is huge--our first global fitness partnership!  

Everyone who donates will also be entered into a raffle where they will have the chance to win lots of exciting products including jewelry, accessories, and beauty goodies. Sign up for a class and help She’s the First reach our goal of $50,000 for Run The World. Are you ready to POUND with a purpose?



About Pound: Started by founders Kirsten Potenza and Cristina Peerenboom, Pound is a full-body cardio jam session, combining light resistance with constant simulated drumming all packed into a 45 minute series.  Pound classes are available at various gyms across the country, including Crunch Fitness, Believe Fitness, Mind Body Barre and Balance Gym among others. They also offer online classes so you can rock it out to Pound everywhere – whether in-home, in-gym, outdoors or while traveling. Check out the Pound Blog and Pound Facebook page for more info. Pound has been featured in Shape, Self, Glamour, Seventeen and Time Magazines as well as Refinery 29, PopSugar, The Huffington Post and The New York Times, among others. 

Grab Your Phone: We're Now a Partner of Charity Miles!

BIG NEWS! We've dreamed of being a Charity Miles app partner for months -- and it happened! Now you can earn a quarter for She's the First with each mile you run, walk, or bike. That sounds like a little, but it adds up to a LOT. Every mile is nearly a half hour of education!

Find out how you can help us reach our $50,000 goal for RUN THE WORLD without even registering for a race, or asking anyone for a donation--you just have to get active and turn on the GPS! Get the full, easy (and free!) details right here on our blog. 

NYC: Register for this Dance Workout Class June 2nd!

We're so thrilled to announce our new partnership with New York City's Dance Motivation Fitness (DMF)! Lindi Duesenberg, the founder and lead instructor of DMF, will host DANCE FOR A CAUSE on June 5th at 7 p.m. 100% of the proceeds from this super sweaty workout will benefit RUN THE WORLD. 

Register for the class by making a donation here--help Lindi and She's the First reach our common goal to raise $1,000 during this workout. We encourage you to like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter to learn more about Lindi and DMF's dance fitness classes. 

DANCE. MOTIVATION. FITNESS. The ultimate dance-party workout. Join the party, get happy!

About Lindi:  Her passion for dance began as a toddler and drove her to pursue a career as a professional dancer and educator. She has served as a judge in several national dance competitions and choreographed performances in LA and NYC. Although she loves performing, Lindi has always found teaching to be her true calling. Motivating and inspiring clients to believe in their abilities and live life to the fullest is one of Lindi’s greatest passions. She wanted a class where the instructor actually taught and interacted with the students, providing needed motivation and inspiration. She wanted a place where awesome music from a vast array of genres would drive the workout. And so, DMF was created!

NYC: Chaise23 Fitness Studio Partners with STF in May!

She's the First is extremely excited to announce our partnership with Chaise23 Fitness Studio in New York City. Rachel Piskin, Co-Founder of Chaise23, will host a Bikini Bootcamp class on May 18th at 1:30 p.m. and donate 100% of the proceeds to our RUN THE WORLD campaign. The class, along with an exclusive raffle, will get closer to reaching our goal to sponsor 100 girls! 

You will be able to register for the class at http://www.chaise23.com starting on May 4th. Follow @Chaise23 on Twitter to learn more about their high energy, core-based workouts!



Rachel’s love for fitness started at an early age when she began conditioning her body while at the School of American Ballet. Her dance career began when she was cast at 8 years old as Marie in the New York City Ballet’s "The Nutcracker" and went on to dance many of the lead children’s roles for the New York City Ballet. 

Rachel was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2009 and has also been featured on camera for Shape Magazine, Fox News, and Oxygen.

NYC and ATL Supporters Dance to Make a Difference

Last weekend, 305 Fitness in New York City and My Zumba Fitness in Atlanta each partnered with She's the First to donate proceeds from a wildly popular workout.

The NYC supporters raised over $800, half of which came from a raffle where 305 Fitness' founder, Sadie Kurzban, gave away classes, tank tops, and workout CDs. For those of you planning your own fitness class fundraisers, keep this in mind--you can raise more money at the door if you wrangle some cool prizes!

Stay tuned to learn about upcoming partnerships!

NYC: 305 Fitness is Ready to RUN THE WORLD!

We're thrilled to announce the first New York City fitness class that will fundraise for RUN THE WORLD and help us sponsor 100 girls in these next 100 days!

On Saturday, March 23rd at 11:30am, Sadie Kurzban, founder and CEO of 305 Fitness, will donate 100% of the proceeds from her popular sweat-and-smile-inducing, Miami-inspired workout class to She's the First! There will also be exclusive raffles. Visit http://www.305fitness.com to register!



Sadie knows the power of education to make her entrepreneurial dreams come true. She graduated Brown University, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Tweet her at @305fitness to thank her for supporting She's the First!