DMAIG News

DMAIG Update -- Three Days to THON -- Weekend Activities

Hello THON alumni! This is it...and we know you can feel it. THON 2010 starts in just three days, and everyone's excited to see the dancers take the floor, the kids take the BJC, and Larry take the stage! Penn State is ready for 46 hours FTK! We have a few quick updates for THON weekend activities, and you can stay in touch on Facebook at http://j.mp/4C3pPf and by following @dmaigeditor for updates throughout the week. Go State...Beat Cancer!

DMAIG Update -- August 19, 2009

Hello THON alumni! Hot or cold (and rain or shine) there are plenty of events to keep you busy and raising with fellow THON alumni. The end of August has a great list of events, and we even have a few to share for the upcoming autumn months too. You can always get the latest at http://dmaig.org/calendar, so check back often. Thanks to the incredible network of alumni volunteers, there's always plenty to do!

Links with Lachie Golf Tournament
August 22
Range End Golf Club, Dillsburg, PA

DMAIG Update -- July 16, 2009

Hello THON Alumni!
Barbecue...baseball...golf...sunshine...seashores...it's a great season for THON fundraising! From the Jersey Shore to PNC park (and plenty of cities and stadiums in between) THON alumni are busy making fantastic opportunities to raise funds and awareness, reconnect, and make new friends. Check the calendar at http://dmaig.org/event for new events as we keep adding them! Have ideas for what we can do as we get ready for the next semester? Let us know at http://www.dmaig.org or email editor@dmaig.org.

THON Phillies Game
July 23, 7:05 pm

DMAIG Update -- May 27, 2009

Hello THON Alumni! Another big weekend is in store, with events in the
Harrisburg and Hershey area, and a great event in Chicago too! Check in
with our event calendar at http://dmaig.org/event to find keep up with
events, and if you're planning an event and looking to get more promotion,
please write to Emily at regionalevents@dmaig.org or Daniel at
editor@dmaig.org.

May 29, 7 pm
Park Forest Middle School: Dance To The Music
We'd like to wish a special good luck to the dancers, planners, and
volunteers and Park Forest Middle School's big event this weekend!

May 30, 9 am

DMAIG Update -- June 24, 2009

Hello THON Alumni!
Summer is (finally) officially here! And even though a lot of us have vacation plans coming up, there's a lot to keep busy with for the kids! The THON 2010 overall committee is hard at work, and so are alumni volunteers all over the county! We have some great events and great deals coming up, so read on to find out what's coming up this summer!

Where Have You Been?

DMAIG Update -- May 19, 2009

Hello THON alumni! A lot of us are watching our calendars and counting down to the long weekend and the "unofficial start to summer." But that's not the only countdown that we're watching. Before the weekend even starts, there's a fantastic event coming up in Pittsburgh. So keep on reading and checking back for updates. All summer long we'll have lots of fun events and new ways to help out...stay tuned for more!

Pittsburgh THON Night Out
Doc's Place, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA
May 21, 2009 - 6 pm to 9 pm

$5 Million Endowment Created for Pediatric Cancer

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Original Article

The Four Diamonds Fund is celebrating September's designation as Childhood Cancer Awareness month by announcing the creation of a $5 million endowment for a Pediatric Cancer Experimental Therapeutics Program at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The goal is to increase this endowment to $10 million during the next three to five years.

Hershey is One of Nation's Best Children's Hospitals

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to share with you that our Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has been named among the nation’s best children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

Midstate's 1st children's hospital will be born at Hershey

Thursday, May 08, 2008
BY DAVID WENNER
Of The Patriot-News
Original Article

Construction on the midstate's only children's hospital is expected to begin at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in January, giving parents a local option instead of having to travel to Philadelphia or Baltimore.

The four-story, 72-bed facility, which officials hope to open by 2012, will replace the children's wing housed on the seventh floor of the main hospital.

36th THON Surpasses Record

By Heather Schmelzlen
Collegian Staff Writer
Original Article

Penn State has 6.6 million more reasons to smile after the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon raised a record-shattering total of $6,615,318.04.

This year's total eclipsed last year's record of $5,240,385.17 by $1,374,932.87.

The 17 members of the overall committee, dressed in matching blue track suits, stood on the diamond-shaped stage and each revealed a part of the total by raising posters.