If you start to see Penn State students on corners, in the middle of busy roads and outside stores in your town, please stop and give them any change you might have. The IFC/Panhellenic Penn State Dance Marathon, or THON, is the largest student run philanthropy in the world! Over the last 35 years, Penn State students have raised $46 MILLION dollars to help fight pediatric cancer. Just last year alone they raised $5.2 million.
If you have never attended the event, it's a sight to see. Over 800 dancers stand on their feet for 48 hours straight. No sitting, no sleeping. Tens of thousands of people come to cheer the dancers on all hours of the day and night. Bands play. Joe Paterno comes and gets the crowd going. Families and the children with cancer spend time with the dancers to keep their spirits high. If you have some time, you need to take a drive to Happy Valley and check it out. I am getting goose bumps just thinking about it.
THON supports The Four Diamond's Fund at the Penn State Children's Hospital in Hershey, PA. Over 2,000 families have been helped so far.
This year THON starts on February 22nd and ends February 24th. Please check out the official site at http://www.thon.org/ and donate if you can.
GO STATE!
(All pictures courtesy of the Penn State Department of Public Information)
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Hey I am one of the four Dimans Family's. I think that you did a grear job last few years that I have been going to THON. I cant wait for this Year cuz I remember ALL the LINE DANCES from when I was 11 till 17 years old. BUT I cant wait for this Years THON'S LINE DANCE. I cant wait to see what you guys came up with this YEAR. Sincerly Tabby Rupp