2022 THON Thread

Tom McAndrew

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Please take this opportunity to donate to Thon.

Thon Donation

I endorse this.

I'd also encourage folks to donate in support of an organization, Greek or otherwise, that is dancing at THON. The number of dancers that each organization gets next year is based upon how much that organization collects this year. And with the ending of canning, it has made it more of a challenge for these organizations to raise funds.

I'm partial to Lambda Chi Alph and to Pi Beta Phi. If you don't have an affiliation with a PSU organization that is dancing, I encourage you to designate your donation through one of those organizations. You can do so at the below links.


Prior THON web sites enabled you, when donating, to designate your funds as supporting a specific THON organization. That was changed a few years ago, so now you have to take some time and effort to designate your donation in support of a THON organization.

If you have an affiliation with an organization, Greek or otherwise, that raises funds for THON, and is not one of the two I listed above, do a Google search for "ORGANIZATION THON donation," and you should quickly find a link to an "ORGANIZATION - Donate to THON" page.

it's nice to support the organizations that do all the work to raise the funds, and the dancers that spend 46 hours dancing to get the funds to support the Four Diamonds organization.

FTK
 

BobPSU92

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I endorse this.

I'd also encourage folks to donate in support of an organization, Greek or otherwise, that is dancing at THON. The number of dancers that each organization gets next year is based upon how much that organization collects this year. And with the ending of caning, it has made it more of a challenge for these organizations to raise funds.

I'm partial to Lambda Chi Alph and to Pi Beta Phi. If you don't have an affiliation with a PSU organization that is dancing, I encourage you to designate your donation through one of those organizations. You can do so at the below links.


Prior THON web sites enabled you, when donating, to designate your funds as supporting a specific THON organization. That was changed a few years ago, so now you have to take some time and effort to designate your donation in support of a THON organization.

If you have an affiliation with an organization, Greek or otherwise, that raises funds for THON, and is not one of the two I listed above, do a Google search for "ORGANIZATION THON donation," and you should quickly find a link to an "ORGANIZATION - Donate to THON" page.

it's nice to support the organizations that do all the work to raise the funds, and the dancers that spend 46 hours dancing to get the funds to support the Four Diamonds organization.

FTK

No caning? o_O

😉
 

BobPSU92

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Tom McAndrew

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I didn't get a chance to watch the Pep Rally this year. It appears that Men's Soccer is the 2022 winner.

 

ElwoodBlues

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THON! 40 Hrs down and 6 to go!!!!

Link to Thon live stream: https://thon.org/livestream/ Worth checking out! Right now it's the kids' fashion show.

This event should make every Penn Stater proud - and beyond that - serves as a great reminder that this generation coming up is filled with some pretty incredible people. The planning and logistics that goes into this is amazing. Fundraising, security, production, dancer support, logistics, food, media, etc, etc, etc. and 600+ dancers. Last night well after midnight, the place was still alive filled with energy.

If you haven't given - it's not too late! There's no better cause.

FTK!
 
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cac@PSU

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I made a donation to the Thon via the Alum Association. Just wondering what the total was for Alum donations
 

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I made a donation to the Thon via the Alum Association. Just wondering what the total was for Alum donations
Hard to determine. I’m an alum but donated via my daughter and club field hockey. I’m sure other have similar situations
 

BriarwoodBash

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So amazing and such a source of pride for our PSU family. My daughter, who danced in 2008, now runs Mini THON at the high school she teaches Math at. And so it goes. This tradition continues to spread it’s positive impact. So proud of these students and this organization of students.
 

psuro

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At the bottom of this page is a scroll (going backwards) of how much Thon has raised over the years. There have been some significant jumps in donations every couple/few years. Pretty amazing that it has gone from just over $2100 to over $13.5MM. If you graduated after 1973, take a look at how Thon did during your time at PSU.
 

TiogaLion

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So amazing and such a source of pride for our PSU family. My daughter, who danced in 2008, now runs Mini THON at the high school she teaches Math at. And so it goes. This tradition continues to spread it’s positive impact. So proud of these students and this organization of students.
Is she the advisor or is she actually the overall chair?

BTW, Mini-thon's are contributing almost as much as Thon contributes to the Four Diamonds. Our local HS raised 153,000 last year alone.
 

BriarwoodBash

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Is she the advisor or is she actually the overall chair?

BTW, Mini-thon's are contributing almost as much as Thon contributes to the Four Diamonds. Our local HS raised 153,000 last year alone.
Tioga, that’s incredible! That’s more than most of the branch campuses. She is the advisor.
 

TiogaLion

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Tioga, that’s incredible! That’s more than most of the branch campuses. She is the advisor.
Actually, the $153K was from 2020. Covid really hurt the HS effort for 2021 and they came in at $46k. However, one of the elementary schools was able to raise $20k in 2021. Here is the 2021

 
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