STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Hundreds of hardy Penn State students have raised more than $10 million for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon. The $10,151,663.93 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 2018 total was about $106,000 over the total raised last year. The event has raised more than $147 million since 1977.

Source: National Post February 18, 2018 21:22 UTC