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THON 2012 Weekend Coverage Wrap-Up

What a year and what a weekend. Penn State students overcame enormous sets of obstacles over the past four-and-a-half months to raise $10,686,924.83 FOR THE KIDS. Onward State (or rather, our alter ego @THONwardState) was there all weekend long to provide you with coverage of this year’s amazing event.

Here is the story on the total reveal and the organization totals: THON 2012 Breaks $10 Million by Dan Vecellio

We also had a ton of pictures and video that can be found in our live blog: [Live Coverage] THON 2012 Live Blog

Below you can find the stories that hopefully captured the emotion, energy and significance of those 46 hours:

From The Floor

Dancer Profiles

Organization Profiles

Mix and Match

Post-THON

And here is a time-lapse video of THON courtesy of StateCollege.com:

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