Old Main on the Penn State University main campus in State College.
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Penn State students raise $11 million-plus in annual dance marathon
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The Associated Press
Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo
Old Main on the Penn State University main campus in State College.
(State College) — Hundreds of Penn State students have raised almost $11.7 million dollars for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon.
The $11,696,942.38 total was announced Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, billed as the world’s largest student-run philanthropy.
Money raised benefits pediatric cancer patients and their families at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
The amount raised this year was more than $1 million over last year’s total.
Before this year’s event, officials said the dance marathon had raised more than $168 million since 1977.
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