THON has now been praised by both chambers of the United States Congress, following a resolution introduced in the U.S. Senate yesterday be Pennsylvania's senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey.
THON 2014 may be over, but there are still plenty of opportunities for Penn State students to help in the fight against pediatric cancer.
A pair of Delta Kappa Epsilon brothers have proved that dancing in THON does not require being on the floor.
Diane Sawyer and the ABC World News team gave a shout out to THON earlier this week. If you missed the clip then, you can check it out here.
If you attended Family Hour at THON 2014, you probably remember the Eli Sidler Family. When Eli was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma in September of 2004, his father Bret gave him the nickname "Chemowarrior". The nickname was meant to act as a badge of honor for all that he was going through and the moniker has really taken on a story of its own in the years since.
We're now four days out, and our collective THON hangover is finally subsiding. Now that the 707 dancers are (hopefully) all fully recovered, we caught up with a few to ask them some questions about their once-in-a-lifetime experience.