Do you like dancing? Do you like volunteering and helping children? Well look no further than Temple University’s very own Hootathon. We have all heard of Penn State’s annual THON that raises over millions of dollars for the Children’s Hospital in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Now it is time for Temple to take a spin at it.
Temple started Hootathon a few years ago and received great results. The organization raised around $120,000 for CHOP in 2014. This year the ambitious goal is reaching $215,000. This is all for a great cause and there is many ways to get involved. One way to get involved is signing up to be a dancer. The dancers have to raise at least $100 to be able to participate to dance and stand for twelve hours straight. Dancers are encouraged to form teams with their friends, sports team, greek life, and student organizations. Teams are not required either. Whether you are dancing alone or with a group, it does not matter as long as you are there dancing for the children. If you are apart of Greek life on campus, your entire organization can organize different events to fundraise money. There are many possibilities like canning on Liacouras Walk, a dunk tank, community-involved events, or canning throughout the city of Philadelphia. Hootathon will also be holding a Student Organization competition where points will be calculated by fundraising efforts, spirit points, winning games during the event, and other factors. This creates some friendly competition while fundraising for a good cause.
This event takes place on Nov. 7, 2015 in Mitten Hall. You will be able to dance from noon to midnight for the children in the hospital that need happiness, love, and finding a cure. The money fundraised goes to help pay their medical bills and for research for the different diseases causing them to become ill to hopefully find a cure. There is no football game that weekend so take time out of your busy weekend schedule to come out and help the children of CHOP.
The main goal is helping the children. Penn State has grown their own THON to earn over millions of dollars for the Children’s Hospital. Temple just started this organized event a few years back and is already gaining popularity. Different businesses and people all around Philadelphia want to donate and help with the cause. The goal is to eventually reach over $1 million over the next few years and go above and beyond reaching taller heights than Penn State. The more popular Hootathon gets the more space they will need to dance and might eventually move the event into the Liacouras center to hold all the dancers.
If you want to get involved donate some spare change to the canners or by visiting the website at www.HootaThon.org to learn more on what to do to help. This is a great event to get involved in and you do not want to pass up the opportunity to meet the different children you are dancing for to help cure their illnesses. Get involved today!
