THON 2015 Raises More Than $13M

Last weekend, 46 hours of no sitting and no sleeping by more than 700 students dancers yielded more than $13 million.

The 2015 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon raised $13,026,653.23 for the fight against pediatric cancer, organizers said Sunday night. THON 2015 was held from Friday, Feb. 20, through Sunday, Feb. 22.

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The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, has been supporting the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital since 1977, and since then has raised $127 million in the fight against pediatric cancer.