Finding Solutions: ‘Dancing with the Aiken Stars’ winners raise more than $50K

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A team of women and boys raised more than $50,000 for Aiken County women battling mental illness at “Dancing with the Aiken Stars.” The group, Little Dudes and Dames, won the most votes at the event.12 dance teams performed for an Aiken County nonprofit. Teresa Haas and Becky Reynolds were two of the women on the dance floor.“It was such an overwhelmingly wonderful, positive feeling,” Haas said. “Just a flood of emotions that you raised so much money for such a worthwhile agency and that you did it with a team of women and boys that just all believed in the cause.”Reynolds said the team’s focus was on fundraising.“It wasn’t about how good we danced or how wonderful we were, though we didn’t want to make fools of ourselves,” Reynolds said. “But it was that our goal was to do the most we could.”Money goes to Nurture HomeThe money goes to Nurture Home, which houses women battling mental illness and gives them the tools to succeed.Bonnie Anne Fulghum, executive di