Over the past weekend Penn State University's annual IFC/Panhellanic Dance Marathon raised a record $9.56 million for pediatric cancer patients.
Around 700 dancers began to dance the weekend away Friday to benefit the Four Diamonds at Penn State Hersey Children's Hospital. The weekend marathon, or "Thon" as it is known by students and alumni, is witness to dancers dancing for 46-hours and is quite possibly the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.
This year's total surpassed last year's of $7.8 million and over all has raised more than $69 million. The marathon has currently been home to dancers for more than three decades.
Here's to the students of Penn State for enduring many hours of dancing for a cool cause-stay positive, stay generous, and when I say STAY you say COOL...STAY...
What do you think of the efforts of these tireless dancers and the amount of money they raised over the weekend? Would you ever attempt to enter a dance marathon?
Monday, February 21, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
a COOL skirt
Tim Deegan, First Coast News chief meteorologist in Jacksonville, FLA, wore a hot-pink skirt as he ran Sunday's 26.2 with Donna Mission. The race is The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer and "raises funds for ground breaking breast cancer research and empower women living with breast cancer."
Mr. Deegan wore the skirt for a fundraiser Citi Women's Network sponsored. $26,200 was the goal set and Tim agreed to run a mile in the skirt for every $1,000 raised. Prior to the race he wasn't sure of the total money raised but was confident that the goal would be reached and ran the entire 26.2 miles in his new skirt donated by SparkleSkirts.
Tim is the husband of race founder, Donna Deegan who is a two time breast cancer survivor. Mrs. Deegan started the Donna Foundation to help women battling breast cancer make ends meet financially, "Fortunately for me, I have a well paying job, understanding bosses, good insurance, and a support system second to none. Many thousands of women don't have that, they don't have the time to worry about whether they will be there to watch their children grow up because they are worrying about whether they have enough money to keep a roof over their heads."
Tim found he has a new appreciation for all women as the day's temperature only reached 36 degrees, "It was nice and breezy, as a meteorologist you like to be very sensitive to the changes." He even expressed that he should add a "women's" wind chill factor to his future forecasts.
Tim did receive some compliments on his Sunday attire as Donna noticed and joked about, "Everybody said 'Tim, I've never seen anybody look better in a skirt,' which offended me a little bit."
Here's to you Tim Deegan for running the extra mile(s) and enduring the COOL breeze-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of Tim Deegan and his decision to run a marathon in a hot-pink skirt to raise money for breast cancer?
Special Valentine's Day Quote:
"All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
Charles M. Schulz
Mr. Deegan wore the skirt for a fundraiser Citi Women's Network sponsored. $26,200 was the goal set and Tim agreed to run a mile in the skirt for every $1,000 raised. Prior to the race he wasn't sure of the total money raised but was confident that the goal would be reached and ran the entire 26.2 miles in his new skirt donated by SparkleSkirts.
Tim is the husband of race founder, Donna Deegan who is a two time breast cancer survivor. Mrs. Deegan started the Donna Foundation to help women battling breast cancer make ends meet financially, "Fortunately for me, I have a well paying job, understanding bosses, good insurance, and a support system second to none. Many thousands of women don't have that, they don't have the time to worry about whether they will be there to watch their children grow up because they are worrying about whether they have enough money to keep a roof over their heads."
Tim found he has a new appreciation for all women as the day's temperature only reached 36 degrees, "It was nice and breezy, as a meteorologist you like to be very sensitive to the changes." He even expressed that he should add a "women's" wind chill factor to his future forecasts.
Tim did receive some compliments on his Sunday attire as Donna noticed and joked about, "Everybody said 'Tim, I've never seen anybody look better in a skirt,' which offended me a little bit."
Here's to you Tim Deegan for running the extra mile(s) and enduring the COOL breeze-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL!
What do you think of Tim Deegan and his decision to run a marathon in a hot-pink skirt to raise money for breast cancer?
Special Valentine's Day Quote:
"All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
Charles M. Schulz
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