I have tears in my eyes as I write this post. This past weekend was THON, held at PSU in the Bryce Jordan Center. You can see in the one picture how much money was raised this year. The mission as copied from their official web site:
The Mission of the Penn State Dance Marathon
The mission of the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon is to conquer pediatric cancer by providing outstanding emotional and financial support to the children, families, researchers, and staff of The Four Diamonds Fund.
*THON is fundraising over a year-long effort involving thousands of students and culminating in a challenging, two day, no-sitting, no-sleeping dance marathon.
*THON is changing the lives of students and children, reinforcing the importance of caring for one another, and inspiring the determination needed to beat cancer.
*THON is helping to conquer pediatric cancer through strategic investments in hospital bills, research efforts, and a new family-centered Pediatric Cancer Pavilion at the Penn State Children's Hospital.
Together we will find a cure.
The Mission of the Penn State Dance Marathon
The mission of the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon is to conquer pediatric cancer by providing outstanding emotional and financial support to the children, families, researchers, and staff of The Four Diamonds Fund.
*THON is fundraising over a year-long effort involving thousands of students and culminating in a challenging, two day, no-sitting, no-sleeping dance marathon.
*THON is changing the lives of students and children, reinforcing the importance of caring for one another, and inspiring the determination needed to beat cancer.
*THON is helping to conquer pediatric cancer through strategic investments in hospital bills, research efforts, and a new family-centered Pediatric Cancer Pavilion at the Penn State Children's Hospital.
Together we will find a cure.
(Yes, that's $6.6 million)
KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED...YOU SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD!
2 comments:
We wholeheartedly agree! It is amazing to be there, and I had a friend who danced one year...an awesome experience barely describable outside of being there.
did you know that the group that sarah's cousin danced for raised the most money? you can actually see them in one of the pictures; they have on dark green shirts with fuzzy pink hats. they were called atlas...something for plants or idk, along those lines.
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