PRINTER'S NO. 3411
No. 641 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, CONKLIN, D. O'BRIEN, BAKER, BEYER,
BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FRANKEL,
GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA,
HARHAI, HELM, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, M. KELLER,
W. KELLER, KENNEY, KILLION, MACKERETH, MAHONEY, MAJOR,
MANDERINO, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, McILHATTAN, MICOZZIE,
MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, NAILOR,
M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, RAPP, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN,
SWANGER, TRUE, VITALI, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI
AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 12, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 12, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring The Pennsylvania State University students who raised
2 more than six million dollars for The Four Diamonds Fund.
3 WHEREAS, THON is the more commonly referred to name of the
4 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, the largest student
5 run philanthropy in the world; and
6 WHEREAS, THON has raised more than $52 million; and
7 WHEREAS, The THON dance marathon event was held at the
8 University Park campus February 22 through 24, 2008. More than
9 700 dancers and 15,000 student volunteers packed the Bryce
10 Jordan Center for the event; and
11 WHEREAS, Overall, this year's Penn State THON event reached a
12 new milestone by raising $6,615,318.04 for children who have
1 cancer and their families; and
2 WHEREAS, THON is a year-round fundraising event benefiting
3 The Four Diamonds Fund, which is striving to conquer childhood
4 cancer by assisting children treated at Penn State Children's
5 Hospital and their families through superior care, comprehensive
6 support and innovative research. The fundraising culminates in
7 the no sitting, no sleeping, 46-hour dance marathon held every
8 February; and
9 WHEREAS, There are various other sources or funding for THON,
10 including;
11 (1) High school and middle school mini-THONs (patterned
12 after the large PSU Dance Marathon of shorter "dance" time
13 i.e. 8-12 hours;
14 (2) Penn State and THON Alumini contributions called
15 "Can appeal";
16 (3) Collections at the highway intersections by the
17 service clubs;
18 (4) Corporate donations;
19 (5) 5 K Run to raise money;
20 (6) THON express where a group of marathon runners run
21 from Hershey to State College on THON weekend;
22 (7) Raffles such as Pontiac car on THON weekend;
23 (8) Raffle for very nice trips such as a trip to
24 England;
25 (9) Each Greek organization that is involved does their
26 own fund raising;
27 (10) Dance Marathon Alumni Interest Group (DMAIG), whose
28 sole purpose is to raise money for THON and public awareness,
29 holds regional fund raising events throughout the State;
30 therefore be it
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1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the
2 Pennsylvania State University students who raised more than six
3 million dollars for The Four Diamonds Fund.
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