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Nittany Lion(s) of the Week - THON

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The choice for this weeks Nittany Lion of the Week is really a no brainer. It has to go to the 708 dancers, their support groups, the dozens of organizers, the people who stood on cold street corners asking for loose change during their winter break, and everyone else who helped contribute to the Penn State Dance Marathon in any way to raising $7.49 million to help treat childrens cancer. The total amount raised smashed the record that was set last year by $874,815.

THON is the largest student run philathropy organization in the world. The money raised goes toward the Four Diamonds Fund which offsets the costs not covered by health insurance for families afflicted with pediatric cancer.

Thank you to everyone involved in THON from the organizers, to the dancers, to the support groups, to anyone who dropped a quarter in a can. You make us all Penn State proud.

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Congrats

Couldn’t agree more

by bone man on Feb 25, 2009 12:39 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

butler's time is null

he will have to run the 40 again. turns out he was being timed with an ESS EE CEEE stopwatch, instead of the more traditional means.

World F#$king Champions

by psudrozz on Feb 25, 2009 12:52 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Null or Not

he created a nice buzz for himself. DWill and the flu…not so much.

PSU Softball

by QBsneak12 on Feb 25, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

oh….well carry on, then

by The JuggerNitt on Feb 25, 2009 1:28 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

THON $

So is that $7M total raised or the check they can write after expenses? I don’t know why I care but I’m asking anyway.

BSD

by Kevin HD on Feb 25, 2009 1:37 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I'm pretty sure thats the raised amt.

They keep their expenses to a minimum or at least to donations I believe, any major funds needed, I would expect would come from the university funding since Thon is technically a student organization

by dawsonPSU10 on Feb 25, 2009 10:48 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

That is the money that will be donated

THON has a small operating budget for things such as lights, dj and other expenses. I must reiterate that the budget is extremely small as almost all of the items at THON are donated all the way down to the wood and nails for tables, computers, etc…

by psu1313 on Feb 26, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

The B10 Gymnast of the week

sounds hot

"I'm driven by greatness" - Derrick Williams

by HookMania on Feb 25, 2009 2:08 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

And she could probably kill you...

…with a combination of strength and cuteness in 10 seconds or less.

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by Run Up The Score on Feb 25, 2009 4:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

All 4"11" of her

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on Feb 25, 2009 8:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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