Feb 16
Penn State THON 2013 Dance Marathon Raises Funds To Fight Pediatric Cancer (PHOTOS, TWEETS)
Posted in: Today's ChiliPenn State students hit the dance floor on Friday night for 46 hours of breakin’ it down to raise funds to fight pediatric cancer.
The oldest and longest dance marathon in the county, the university’s THON event has collected more than $89 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital since 1977, according to the organization’s website. The charity helps families battling pediatric cancers pay for the the care and treatment that insurance doesn’t cover.
The chatter on Twitter points to the fact that students are making a weekend of it and the turnout has been pretty impressive:
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