Hundreds dance all night to support care for local children
Vermont Business Magazine Hundreds of UVM students, faculty, and staff danced the night away on March 4th to raise funds and awareness for the UVM Children’s Hospital. RALLYTHON, UVM’s Miracle Network Dance Marathon, raised over $102,034.09 by the end of the evening.
The total raised continues to grow post-event, and on Tuesday, April 4th, RALLYTHON’s student leadership team will present a check to UVM Children’s Hospital’s Chief of Pediatrics Lewis First, MD.
RALLYTHON is planned and executed by a committee of 33 students from across campus.
“The passion and dedication these students bring to this event is inspiring,” said Tatiana Havens, Community Fundraising Specialist for the UVM Medical Center Foundation. “We are so appreciative of the UVM community supporting our patients and families in this way. Congratulations on such an impressive event.”
Now in its eighth year, RALLYTHON has raised a cumulative total of $851,239 for the UVM Children’s Hospital. The event is part of a movement of over 300 Colleges and Universities across the country who come together to raise money for their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Funds raised by RALLYTHON support special programs and services, life-saving equipment, education, and research. Most notably, donations from RALLYTHON support UVM Children’s Hospital’s Child Life Program – a program specially tailored to help children and their families feel a sense of “normalcy” in an otherwise scary time.
About The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital
From the maternity unit to the emergency department and from our Children’s Specialty Center to our pediatric primary care clinics, The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital offers a welcoming child and family-friendly atmosphere with high-quality pediatric care. In partnership with The University of Vermont Medical Center, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital delivers expert care grounded in the latest research to residents throughout Vermont and northern New York. It is fully accredited by the Children’s Hospital Association. For more information, please visit www.uvmhealth.org/childrens or contact us at 802-847-0000.
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