54 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
DM at FSU’ s 2025 gift brings total to more than $ 10 million for pediatric outreach services
By Audrey Post FSU College of Medicine
In 2025, Dance Marathon at Florida State University celebrated its 30th year of fundraising for pediatric health care, raising $ 1.3 million to support Children’ s Miracle Network programs in the Gainesville area and pediatric outreach programs of the FSU College of Medicine.
Dubbed“ DM at FSU,” the yearlong fundraising effort is a true“ town and gown” partnership, with“ mini marathons” held at middle and high schools in Leon and Wakulla counties contributing $ 258,985 to the effort.
Dance Marathon has been around longer than the FSU College of Medicine, which in 2025 celebrated the 25th anniversary of its creation. It also celebrated the 20th anniversary of its inaugural graduation.
That first class was in its second year of studies in Tallahassee – preparing to fan out to regional campuses in Orlando, Pensacola or Tallahassee come summer – when DM at FSU and CMN decided to add the College of Medicine as a beneficiary, evenly splitting the proceeds after expenses.
Photo: Thousands of students take part in Dance Marathon’ s yearlong fundraising effort, culminating in a whirlwind weekend of nonstop dancing – the largest student-run fundraising effort on campus. Dance Marathon at FSU stands as one of the five founding Miracle Network Dance Marathons in the country and consistently ranks among the top five Miracle Network Dance Marathon programs nationwide.