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THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS
DANCE MARATHON: ‘I’M GLAD WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS’
There was a subtle change in Dance Marathon at FSU this
year. Instead of the Pi Kappa Alpha Team or the Marching
hospital. And about half comes to the FSU College of Medicine.
A graph on dmfsu.org tells the story
Chiefs Team, there was Team Nicole or Team Powie, named In
for the children whom DM so famously serves. the first time.
It focuses less on the competition between people and
more on We re doing all of this for them, said Sean
Gabany, an FSU sophomore whose Dance Marathon titles
, the student dancers topped
In , they topped million.
In , they topped million.
,
for
So in September, DM representatives brought the
College of Medicine a check for think we work only with the kids. But the families need a lot distributed some of the proceeds to area pediatric-outreach what it s actually doing, he says. We can actually see the
of support, too. Especially the siblings. initiatives at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Bond impact we re having through the e uipment we buy or the
Community Health Center, Big Bend Hospice and the FSU programs that we fund, and also just in seeing these kids and
Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy s Young seeing how they really have relied on our support.
Dance Marathon at FSU is the largest student-run
philanthropy in the Southeast. Every year during a
event, more than ,
-hour
students stay awake and on their
feet to raise money and awareness For the Kids. About
half of the money benefits UF Shands Children s Hospital in
Gainesville, which is the closest Children s Miracle Network
.
million. The college
It s not just raising money and giving it and never seeing
include family relations coordinator. Some people might
Parents Project. But it annually invests the lion s share in its year-
round primary-care clinics at three schools in Gadsden County.
Gabany is in his second year with DM and loves the family
connections.
I ve been to the clinics in Gadsden County. I m a teaching
assistant this year in their schools, so I see these kids. I m
glad we have these programs out there to help them. They
definitely need it.