Get involved with Dance Marathon for good cause

TO THE EDITOR:

This is your chance to take a stand for the patients and families of N.C. Children’s Hospital.

The UNC Dance Marathon will be hosting its 12th annual marathon Feb. 19-20, 2010. This week you can sign up to be a dancer. Due to capacity limits in Fetzer Gym, there is a cap on the number of dancers this year, so don’t wait to sign up and join the cause.

Being a dancer means pledging to raise at least $150 to benefit the patients and families of N.C Children’s Hospital. To be a dancer means pledging to stand for 24 hours straight. To dance is to change someone’s life. To dance is to endure pain for something that is bigger than you. To dance is to improve the quality of life for patients and families. To dance is to find strength in yourself, in UNC students and in our community. To dance is to show you care. To dance is to make a commitment for the kids.

These families are worth taking a stand for. These funds are worth raising because every penny goes such a long way in improving lives.

I will never forget standing at the marathon, aching but feeling so moved and inspired by the families attesting to the difference we were making by standing for 24 hours and taking the time to raise money and to show that we care. Don’t wait to join this cause. Sign up to dance online at uncmarathon.org. Now!



Taylor Scott

Overall Coordinator

2010 UNC Dance Marathon