THON PR Director Lily Beatty reaffirmed THON's commitment to preserving canning in the post-THON press conference.
Huge congrats to not just these, but every organization that worked their butts off all year. The fight against pediatric cancer continues and efforts for THON 2017 starts today.
THON 2016 culminated with the total reveal and announced $9,770,332.32 was raised for the kids. Every dollar raised for the kids is something to celebrate, since it’s still going to the people that need it most — Four Diamonds families.
But if anyone can further pump up a crowd that has been on its feet for 45 hours, it's Go Go Gadjet.
Here's the thing about THON: when one person starts dancing, 15,000 join in.
"It's always okay to keep trying, it's never okay to give up. If you give up you aren't going to help yourself, so you have to just keep trying."