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Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled.	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rhonwyyn: [QB] Hi TT, Actually, THON has been a recurring event every year at PSU since at least the '80s, maybe earlier than that. While I've never danced in THON (short for Dance Marathon), I was part of Women's Chorale when we sang the National Anthem to open THON two years ago. I've had friends dance in it and they've had a blast. FOR THE KIDS was the slogan when I was at PSU and I assume it's still why people dance. Money raised through canning (standing on street corners and at well-populated public places all over the US or at least the mid-Atlantic states) goes to support the Four Diamonds fund at PSU's med school, Children's Hospital at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. THON just ended Sunday night at 7 EST with a total of more than $4million raised for Four Diamonds. You can read PSU's student newspaper, The Collegian's, articles about it [URL=http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2005/02/02-21-05tdc/02-21-05index.asp]here[/URL]. The cool part about THON, and the part which I know Ian really liked, is that each group that sends dancers to THON gets to "adopt" a child or children with a terminal illness during the year before and during THON. The college kids spend a lot of time with THON children and their families beforehand and during the event and the kids just soak it all up. It really is all about the kids. :) [/QB][/QUOTE]