The Michigan student ticket exchange fiasco ended earlier than expected yesterday at around 4:15 p.m., with all 1,100 incentive packages claimed and accounted for. According to Penn State athletic communications director Jeff Nelson, approximately 25 percent -- or 275 students -- took the THON option, which generates $55,000 for the organization.
Being on the receiving end of a rejection call from a THON captain is admittedly painful. Although it's natural to be disappointed that you didn't snag the coveted role of a committee member of THON 2014, that doesn't mean that you can't still play an important role in the THON community. There are plenty of ways you can still take part in the fight against pediatric cancer this year.
Now that the THON 2014 fundraising season has officially begun, Penn State students will start receiving Facebook invitations to all kinds of fundraisers going on around campus. For the active THON volunteer, it can feel like an endless calendar full of date auction after spaghetti dinner after bake sale. To help keep track of the seemingly infinite number of THON fundraisers going on, we need your help! Please submit your organization's fundraising information using the following Google Form so that we can include it on our comprehensive THONward State event list.
With THON season in full swing, we conducted a series of interviews with each member of the THON 2014 Executive Committee in order to better connect the Penn State community with the leaders of the largest student run philanthropy in the world. This week features Entertainment Director Kristen Toole.
But the first canning weekend also reminded us that there are certain people you just can't seem to avoid while hard at work canning. So here they are; the ten people you meet while canning, accompanied by reaction gifs, because everything's a little better when there is a gif involved.
If you've ever wondered exactly where THON's 2013 total of $12,939,895.36 came from, and where those proceeds went after THON weekend ended, look no further: on Friday, THON released its annual Summary of Fundraising Activities for the 2013 Fiscal Year.