After Ohio State’s annual 24-hour dance marathon celebrating a year’s worth of fundraising, concluded at 10 p.m. Saturday, BuckeyeThon revealed a $1,704,184.19 total for the kids. The dance marathon consisted of colorful dancing, team games, the sharing of cancer-impacted testimonies and a red carpet for ...
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Students break boundaries by forming first international BuckeyeThon team
BuckeyeThon attracts thousands of participants each year, all for the purpose of raising money for pediatric cancer research and treatment. In an effort to foster more of a community among international students, first-year in computer science information Jacob Chang and second-year in biomedical engineering Han ...
Read More »BuckeyeThon sets new record
As BuckeyeThon wrapped up late Saturday night, the organization hit a new record by raising $1,338,872.37, surpassing last year’s total by more than $100,000. Courtney Thomson, director of marketing and communications for BuckeyeThon and a third-year in psychology, described this year’s marathon as “amazing.” ...
Read More »BuckeyeThon raises over $1.3M for the kids
The Ohio Union is one of the central hubs of campus. Housing numerous student organizations, eateries and meeting spaces, it usually sees many students coming in and out of its decorated doors every day. This Friday and Saturday, however, the Ohio Union experienced a colorfully ...
Read More »Letter to the editor: BuckeyeThon 2015 dance marathon the highlight of time at Ohio State
Letter to the editor: One team. One dream. $1.23 million FOR THE KIDS. I remember the meeting when our executive board informed us that we were going to raise $1 million for the kids at BuckeyeThon’s 2015 Dance Marathon. There were chills in the room ...
Read More »BuckeyeThon raises over $1.2M for Nationwide Children’s Hospital
A sea of people wearing an eclectic mixture of tie-dyed shirts, fluffy tutus and scuffed athletic shoes packed the Ohio Union on Friday and Saturday night to participate in BuckeyeThon’s annual dance marathon, which raised more than $1.2 million dollars for children affected by pediatric ...
Read More »Opinion: Fight against cancer unites dancers at BuckeyeThon
One team. One dream. One million. Challenge accepted. My fourth and final BuckeyeThon was definitely one for the books. Each year has been a completely different experience, but yet I feel the same full heart every time I exit the Ohio Union when it’s all ...
Read More »BuckeyeThon surpasses goal, raises $1,231,290
The roar of the crowd, dressed in a rainbow of tie-dyed neon shirts, reached a fever pitch as the digits making up this year’s BuckeyeThon donation amount were revealed, one by one, Saturday night in the Ohio Union. Students participating in Ohio State’s 2015 BuckeyeThon ...
Read More »BuckeyeThon dances toward $1M fundraising goal
BuckeyeThon is setting the stage for its first $1 million campaign. The 14th annual 24-hour dance marathon at Ohio State, which raises money for Nationwide Children’s Hospital, raised more than $767,000 in the spring when more than 3,000 people participated. It’s raised a total of ...
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