Penn State Thon raises more than $10 million to combat pediatric cancer
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Despite a pandemic and mostly virtual yearlong fundraising efforts, the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon raised $10,638,078.62 million to combat pediatric cancer. Nearly 600 dancers participated from their homes in the first-ever virtual Thon, the world’s largest student-run philanthropy. Normally, dancers would stand for a full 46 hours from Friday to Sunday. However, this year dancers were encouraged to rest from midnight to 6 a.m. because they didn’t have acce...