BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Pennsylvania State University women’s collegiate club women’s water polo athletes Emily Argentati and Caroline Layden along with men’s athlete Rob Terchek were featured in a February 14 article on PSU’s Daily Collegian student run newspaper for their involvement in THON 2018 on Friday-Sunday, February 16-18.
The trio spent the entire year fundraising, planning, bonding with and now dancing for their organization’s Four Diamonds families, the Wagners and the Benders.
The full story is available by CLICKING HERE.
The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, commonly referred to as THON, is a 46-hour dance marathon that takes place every February at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania with the purpose of raising money and providing emotional support to children and families in order to combat pediatric cancer. It was started in 1973 by the university’s Interfraternity Council, and in its first year, more than $2,000 was raised, with 39 couples dancing for 30 hours straight. Today, it is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, by involvement and revenue. The money that is raised is donated to The Four Diamonds Fund, a charity devoted to defeating pediatric cancer through research and caring for patients at the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. 74% of funds are transferred to an experimental therapeutics fund while 12% of funds are used for patient and family support. More than 15,000 students get involved in THON each year, organizing it and raising funds with the rallying cry, “For The Kids!”.
More information on THON is available by visiting the official website at https://thon.org/
