UNC Dance Marathon is a yearly fundraising event that requires participants to remain on their feet for 24 hours in a no-sitting, no-sleeping challenge. Since it was founded in 1998, 10,000 students have volunteered to be a part of the event. 13 active committees work all year long to organize and publicize the event.
In 2014, UNC-DM raised $551,595.87 for N.C. Children’s Hospital. With that money, it is providing 13 different grants to kids.
They were trying their best not to collapse.More than 500 students moved to the beat of 'N Sync's "Bye Bye Bye," but they were a step slow, and the scene looked more like a hyperactive Generation X concert than a school dance.These were the waning moments of the UNC Dance Marathon - an annual celebration that marks the end of a year of fundraising.
Read More »They were trying their best not to collapse.More than 500 students moved to the beat of 'N Sync's "Bye Bye Bye," but they were a step slow, and the scene looked more like a hyperactive Generation X concert than a school dance.These were the waning moments of the UNC Dance Marathon - an annual celebration that marks the end of a year of fundraising.
Read More »With chili dinners and bar nights, funding for UNC's Dance Marathon is starting to pick up.
Read More »With dozens of dance marathons taking place annually at schools nationwide, fund-raising tactics vary significantly, and success hinges on variables ranging from the unpredictable to the deliberate. The UNC Dance Marathon, founded by Michael Bucy in 1998 made $40,000 in its inaugural year.
Read More »The largest charity effort on campus, Dance Marathon raised more than $170,000 and featured more than 600 dancers last year. The organization’s size has the potential to overshadow other campus charities, but many student leaders claim it actually unites the different service groups.
Read More »The UNC Dance Marathon is a few months away, but chances are you're hearing about it already.The marathon kicks off Feb. 21 and goes straight through Feb. 22, but meetings began last March, and the deadline for dancer applications is here.
Read More »When sophomore Chris Shields steps out onto a busy street corner, he yells and dances around, shaking an empty water bottle at passing cars.And he does it all in the name of the Dance Marathon. Shields does what is known in the Dance Marathon world as "canning" -- he stands on a street soliciting donations from passers-by.
Read More »Several hundred students danced the night -- and day -- away in Fetzer Gym this weekend, raising a record-high $100,289.33 for the N.C. Children's Hospital.Dance Marathon 2001, the largest student-run fund-raiser at UNC, brought 350 volunteers together for 24 hours of dancing and entertainment beginning at 7 p.m. Friday.
Read More »How many times a semester have you been asked to give to a charity on campus? Organizations duke it out daily in the Pit for a prime table location so students will wander over to their table between classes.There, students are enticed with witty T-shirts, spaghetti dinner tickets, raffles and other clever ideas in exchange for a donation.
Read More »The UNC Dance Marathon survived a full day of fund raising Saturday by calling supporters to raise more money -- $5,617 -- than nine other area charities.In a game similar to CBS' "Survivor," 10 area charities competed with each other at Performance Chevrolet, 1810 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., to raise the most money and win a big-screen television.
Read More »The Residence Hall Association launched its awareness week Monday, aiming to better educate students about the organization and raise money for the UNC Dance Marathon.
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