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Students raise $52K at dance marathon

Students raise $52K at dance marathon

By Deanna Frances | November 23, 2014

Students raised $52,336 for the Children’s Miracle Network and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago at Dance Marathon Nov. 23.Participants danced for eight hours at the Holmes Student Center to raise awareness and give ill children and their families...

Dancing marathon brings in $34K for hospital

By Deanna Frances | November 25, 2013

Students raised about $34,761 fundraising for charity in an eight-hour dance marathon.The first annual NIU Dance Marathon for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals was held for eight hours Saturday at the Recreation Center. Dance Marathon is a movement...