THON announced last night via Facebook that it will create a new initiative to "Gold Out" the stands for this Saturday's game against Illinois to help show support for pediatric cancer awareness.
The first big event of the THON season kicked off on Saturday with the annual FT5K. The 5K began with a multitude of festivities before the race began, including the always-inspiring Kid’s Race.
Last year, Onward State told you about PSU Pledge, an innovative tracking system that allows users to pledge money for every personal tweet made up until THON 2014.
In its first year with the program, PSU Pledge received over $15,000 in pledges from 447 tweeters, more than 50 percent of which was verified with donation receipts
In the most recent Meet the THON 2014 Directors post, we sat down with Hospitality Director Megan Renaut to discuss the role of the Hospitality Committee in THON.
National organization Headbands of Hope is teaming up with Omega Phi Alpha and Alpha Gamma Rho from now until February to raise money for THON and provide one free headband or headwear item to a Four Diamonds child for each headband purchased.
Tyler Knabb's mother passed away from cancer on July 16, 2003. He turned 14 years old that same day. Now, ten years later, Knabb is doing his part to fight cancer. He's the force behind "Cycling for the Kids," a statewide bicycling fundraiser. Knabb will be pedaling all around Pennsylvania to raising money for a THON organization called The Hope Express.