海角直播 students raised nearly $400,000 last weekend at the Knight-Thon dance marathon to benefit the Greater Orlando Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals.<\/p>\n
At the end of the 20-hour marathon, the Knight-Thon executive board revealed a fundraising total of $392,831.65, an increase of more than $140,000 from last year, said Katie Waser, communications director for the event. The marathon concluded at 8 a.m. Sunday in The Venue.<\/p>\n
More than 750 students participated and hundreds of people from the community visited the fundraiser.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am so proud of all of the dancers and everyone who has contributed to Knight-Thon throughout the year,\u201d said Chelsea Trynz, Knight-Thon\u2019s student director. \u201cWe have proven that when hundreds of students come together and commit to a cause with all of their hearts, miracles can truly happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mission of Knight-Thon is to educate, inspire and unite the campus and community to provide ongoing support for the hospitals. The event is the largest student-run philanthropy at UCF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"海角直播 students raised nearly $400,000 last weekend at the Knight-Thon dance marathon to benefit the Greater Orlando Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals. At the end of the 20-hour marathon, the Knight-Thon executive board revealed a fundraising total of $392,831.65, an increase of more than $140,000 from last year, said Katie Waser, communications director for the event. The marathon…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":58623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[9251,2682],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-58622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","tag-katie-waser","tag-knight-thon"],"yoast_head":"\n