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King’s students Alanna Cosgrove and Courtney Zukoski head up the morale committee of the King’s College mini-THON event Friday evening in Wilkes-Barre.

King’s student Alex Garrett paints the face of classmate Sean O’Brien as Dan Rutecki watches on during the school’s mini-THON event Friday night.

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.