Every year 2,300 children lose their battle with pediatric cancer. This dreaded disease targets children with no regard for age, race, or socioeconomic standing. Support of THON helps fund invaluable research and allows an outstanding staff at Hershey Medical Center to provide a future for these children.
The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world! Thousands of Penn State students work tirelessly to ensure that THON provides outstanding emotional and financial support to the children, families, researchers, and staff of The Four Diamonds Fund, For The Kids!
Due to THON’s consistent support of The Four Diamonds Fund, the Hershey Medical Center is able to fund cutting edge research as well as:
Because of support from donors like you, THON has the ability to fundraise extremely efficiently. We are able to give 96.06% of the money raised directly to The Four Diamonds Fund. For more information about THON’s funds and finances, please see the THON 2012 Summary of Fundraising Activities.
If you have any questions, please contact Dom Mirabile, Donor & Alumni Relations Director, at donor.alumni.relations@thon.org.
