Help University of Tennessee Dance Marathon

University of Tennessee Dance Marathon

Knoxville, Tennessee

Cause Description:
Contrary to what it sounds like, DM is not a dance-a-thon where students dance all night long. It is the largest student run philanthropy in the country and involves college students all across the US, whose organizations partner with a Children’s Miracle Network hospital in the vicinity. Every year, 12,500 children in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. Many of the treatment options are not covered by insurance and financially burden families. Luckily for families of the East Tennessee area the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital will not turn a patient and their family away due to lack of funds. Dance Marathon raises money to put in ETCH’s fund that gives them the opportunity to not have to turn away a patient. The money is used for big things like equipment or necessary medication for a child to survive that families cannot afford on their own. The money can also be used for smaller things for example it was once used for a prom dress for a patient who couldn’t afford to go to prom without the fund’s help.

Type: Human/ Social Services
Listed on iGive since: February 2012
iGive members supporting: 3

Website: http://activities.utk.edu/dance-marathon/

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