STATE COLLEGE — Hundreds of Penn State students have raised almost $11.7 million dollars for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon.
The $11,696,942.38 total was announced Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, billed as the world’s largest student-run philanthropy.
WOW! @THON did it again! Incredible job. #FTK #THON2020 pic.twitter.com/N4B8TI9UyX
— Bryce Jordan Center (@JordanCenter) February 23, 2020
Money raised benefits pediatric cancer patients and their families at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Child cancer survivors and their families also participate along with the dancers, who aren’t allowed to sleep or even sit and are helped by thousands of other students in support roles.
Boundaries?? NOT IN HERE!
— Onward State (@OnwardState) February 23, 2020
Welcome back to the stage, THON 2016 DR captains! pic.twitter.com/119G8rOkt0
The amount raised this year was more than $1 million over last year’s total. Before this year’s event, officials said the dance marathon had raised more than $168 million since 1977.
