{"id":274886,"date":"2026-05-18T09:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274886\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:12:12","slug":"american-lung-association-of-south-florida-dance-fundraiser-raises-record-280k-for-lung-disease-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274886\/","title":{"rendered":"American Lung Association of South Florida dance fundraiser raises record $280K for lung disease mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 More than 3 million people across Florida are currently living with lung disease, and this weekend the American Lung Association of South Florida took center stage in its ongoing mission to save lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News\u2019 Linnie Supall emceed the organization\u2019s annual \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d competition, where five local leaders stepped into the spotlight as celebrity dancers to raise money and awareness for the cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWelcome to the 2026 Dancing with the Stars Competition,\u201d Supall told the crowd. \u201cTonight, our five incredible Celebrity Dancers will compete for the coveted Celebrity Spotlight Champion Award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The event brought together dance, glamour and plenty of energy as the competitors traded the boardroom for the ballroom after months of preparation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cNow it\u2019s affecting my family &#8212; it\u2019s affecting my mother-in-law &#8212; it\u2019s going to affect everybody at some point,\u201d one participant said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The audience filled the room with cheers and chants, but organizers said the lasting impact came from the support behind the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Together with the community, the fundraiser brought in more than $280,000, setting a new donations record to help advance the American Lung Association\u2019s mission of supporting people battling lung cancer and lung disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Every performance on stage carried the goal of making a difference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">While the pair with the most votes took home the trophy, organizers said the real win was the hope the dancers helped bring to those who need it most.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Linnie Supall\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/CANLLYSXDJBXDMDOXMBEIDTX.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Linnie Supall<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Linnie Supall is an Emmy nominated and award-winning journalist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0May 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM MIAMI \u2014 More than 3 million people across Florida are currently living&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-274886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}