This year on Valentine's Day, while you are treating your significant other to a nice dinner, or if they're not so lucky, dollar dog night, The Hope Express will be setting off for sixth straight year on two long journeys FTK.
The THON 2013 dancer list has finally been released, with a record number 710 dancers participating in this year's dance marathon. Check out the list below to search for your friends.
In just 11 days, a record 710 participants will dance in THON 2013 -- two more than the usual 708 due to an inconsistency in the rulebook and the dancer registration packet. Traditionally, 708 lucky dancers are selected every year to stand for the 46-hours on the Bryce Jordan Center floor. That number -- along with multiple THON volunteers, friends, Four Diamonds children, and media -- is a number THON has determined to be the safest given capacity limits.
Many of you are familiar with Emily Whitehead, a THON child, who recently was the first child to receive a CART-19 T-Cell transplant. Since the procedure, Emily has significantly recovered. Savannah Smith, a communications student here at Penn State, recently put together a multimedia video focusing on Emily's miraculous turnaround.
Each year, the Campus Outreach Students Committee, a subcommittee of the THON Communications team, produces a video to motivate students to get involved with THON.
We're sure you've been invited to multiple fundraising events each and every day, but sometimes, it's just tough to keep track of them all. That's where Onward State comes in. We've constructed a calendar listing all of the THON fundraising events to help you fight pediatric cancer FTK.