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WILKES-BARRE — For the second consecutive year, students from King’s College held a mini-THON dance marathon to benefit the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.
According to event organizers, the dance marathon raised $22,408 for the fight against pediatric cancer.
The event, which was inspired by Penn State’s 46-hour dance marathon held in State College each year, started at 7 p.m. on Friday and lasted until 7 a.m. Saturday morning in the William Scandlon Physical Education Center. During that time, the students were not allowed to sit.
The marathon marked the culmination of a year-long effort by the students to raise money and awareness about pediatric cancer.
The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, or THON as it is more commonly known, is the largest run student philanthropy in the world. Since 1977, THON has raised more than $127 million for the Four Diamonds Fund.