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THON
raises record amount
This past weekend,
660 dancers hit the floor at Rec Hall on the University Park
campus to participate in The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance
Marathon, a 48-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping fundraising event
that benefits The Four Diamonds Fund. The participants this
year raised in excess of $3.6 million during the event.
The Four Diamonds
Fund provides comprehensive care and monetary support for pediatric
cancer patients and their families while continuing to foster
innovative pediatric cancer research initiatives at Penn State
University Children's Hospital at Hershey Medical Center.
The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic
Dance Marathon is the largest student-run philanthropy in the
world, and, through its efforts since 1973, roughly $20 million
has been raised for the fund. THON is the collective effort
of more than 4,000 students and has become one of Penn State's
greatest traditions. This year, THON and The Four
Diamonds Fund are celebrating their 30th anniversary together.
For photos taken
by Greg Grieco during THON, click on the images below.
For a list of the
dancers who were signed up to participate in the event, click
here.
For more information
about THON, check the Web at http://thon.psu.edu/.
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