BGSU Dance Marathon does the Cha-Cha Slide

A few of the dancers teach my little brother the Cha-Cha Slide at Dance Marathon 2008

Dance Marathon is a lot of things.

To best sum up Dance Marathon at Bowling Green, it is a philanthropic event on an enormous scale to benefit ill or injured children at the Mercy Children's Hosptial in Toledo via the Children's Miracle Network. Dance Marathon is run entirely by college students nationwide to benefit local children's hospitals, and Bowling Green State University is proud to have one of the largest and most active Dance Marathon organizations in the nation.

Unfortunately, there is no way that Dance Marathon can directly benefit all of the children at the hospital, though surely all children there may be touched one way or another by the work of the students at BGSU. Several children, known as Miracle Children, are selected early on as children who will be represented as kids helped by the funding raised by Dance Marathon. These Miracle Children and their Miracle Families are invited to the Dance Marathon event in March to share in the festivities and meet all the college students participating.

Though Dance Marathon is an event held in late March every year at the BGSU Rec Center, it really is a year-long planning process. During the event at the end of March, many college students are "dancers", who stay on their feet for thirty-two straight hours and have a great time playing with the miracle children. Other students are "moralers", who keep the dancers' spirits high. Also, there are "bikers", who complete a "tour de Western Ohio" on bicycles. Also, there are grad students, faculty members, and BGSU alumni taking place in Dance Marathon.

http://www.bgdancemarathon.com/

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