The Daily Beacon: "All they wanna do is dance
Amanda Sanford - Managing Editor
Wednesday, February 08, 2006 issue
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Twenty-four hours.
It’s the length of a typical day. The beginning of the 24-hour time period that began at 6 p.m. last Friday, however, was anything but typical. That hour marked the beginning of Dance Marathon 2006.
Hailed as the largest student-run philanthropy in the nation, Dance Marathon at UT benefits the Hematology/Oncology program at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Participants are asked to raise $175 to participate and remain awake for 24 hours, giving up a day in their lives to represent a day in the life of a child going through chemotherapy.
Over the past 11 years, the philanthropy has raised around $700,000 for ETCH, DM President Rachel Matthews, said."
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