Blaze Yoga raises $2,300 for The Trevor Project at Pride Party

More than $2,300 was raised when Blaze Yoga & Fitness turned a Pride Month gathering into a fundraiser for The Trevor Project, giving a Portsmouth, New Hampshire studio a measurable local impact well beyond the mat. The Pride Party mixed yoga with music, refreshments, and a room full of community energy, while live DJ Jen Scumaci kept the atmosphere moving and Salud donated fresh juices and salads.

The event worked because it felt like a neighborhood celebration first and a fundraiser second. Blaze Yoga & Fitness, which identifies itself as a Seacoast studio in Portsmouth, says its classes are built around four pillars of wellness: Strength, Fitness, Yoga, and Mobility. That same approach carried into the Pride Party, where the studio’s space became a place for people to gather, connect, and support a cause rooted in the same language of care that shapes a good class.

That cause was The Trevor Project, which describes itself as the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit for LGBTQ+ young people. The organization says it offers free, confidential support 24/7 by call, text, or chat, and that donations to its 2026 Pride campaign, titled Always Here, Always Forward, help fund crisis intervention and prevention services. In a month when Pride events can sometimes blur together, Blaze’s fundraiser tied visibility to something concrete: money that supports a specific safety net for young people who need it.

The local timing sharpened the story. New Hampshire Pride calendars placed Portsmouth Pride and Nashua Pride on June 20, just two days after the Blaze event, folding the studio’s fundraiser into a busy stretch of LGBTQ celebration across the state. That context made the Pride Party feel less like a standalone one-off and more like part of a wider season of community-building in the Seacoast.

For Blaze, the result was simple and visible: a packed Pride gathering, a local network of support, and a check that topped $2,300. It was the kind of event that showed how a yoga studio can do more than fill a schedule, turning class culture into civic participation and Pride into something neighbors could measure.