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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (KDKA) - This weekend is THON weekend at Penn State University. It's the annual 46-hour dance marathon that benefits Four Diamonds and Penn State Children's Hospital.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Penn State's dance marathon, known as THON, officially kicked off at the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State Friday night. The 46-hour no sitting, no sleeping ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- 6abc and Penn State Health are once again pleased to broadcast Dance for a Cure - LIVE from THON, Saturday night at 7:30. Penn State students will once again take to the ...
Blakely Kling, 2, dances with her mom Victoria during Penn State Thon on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. The senior took part into the dance relations committee during her first involvement with Thon.
Freshmen members of the Penn State football team showed off their dance moves Saturday night during the university’s annual Thon Pep Rally. Several PSU athletic teams put together dance routines ...
Every February, Penn State students take to the dance floor to raise funds for childhood cancer through what is widely known as THON, a dance marathon that started in 1973 in which students dance ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Penn State University's THON dance marathon raised over $16.9 million this year, almost $2 million more than they did in 2023, the student-run philanthropy announced on X.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Penn State Dance Marathon (THON™) will celebrate the 52nd anniversary of its annual 46-hour no-sitting no-sleeping dance marathon, with over 16,500 student volunteers ...
To keep more than 700 dancers happy, focused and energized for an epic 46-hour dance marathon, you have to get creative. And that’s what the THON Line Dance is all about. The Line Dance is a ...
Each year, more than 16,500 student volunteers participate in fundraising efforts.THON history1973: The Penn State Dance Marathon was first organized by a group of students seeking to give back to ...