Dayton Contemporary Dance Company works to put founder on USPS stamp

The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC) is asking for your help honoring their founder.

The dance company is collecting letters to honor founder Jeraldyne Blunden with a U.S. postage stamp.

In 1968 Blunden founded DCDC as a place where young African American children could grow into accomplished artists. She later passed away in 1999.

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Members of DCDC have collected nearly 6,500 letters in support of the stamp, with their goal being 10,000.

Her daughter, Debbie Blunden-Diggs, the current artistic director at DCDC, says the support shows the lasting impact Blunden has made.

“I think it just cements even more what she meant to everybody. Not just to me as my mother, and not even just to DCDC as the founder and the artistic director, but to this whole community of people that we’re along for the ride with her,” Blunden-Diggs told us.

Those interested in sending a letter in support of the movement are asked to visit dcdc.org for step-by-step instructions.

The deadline for letters to be submitted is June 15.

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