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The DePaulia

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The DePaulia

Dancers stand on the light up floor. DemonTHON's dance marathon requires dancers to be standing for 24 hours. Amy Do / The DePaulia

DemonTHON heats up DePaul Student Center

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor April 8, 2019

From Friday to Saturday, DePaul students shook up the Student Center for a charitable cause. DemonTHON, founded in 2011, is an annual 24-hour dance marathon in which participants raise money for Lurie...

(Cody Corrall | The DePaulia)

DemonTHON: Students raise funds by ‘raising the roof’

Cody Corrall and Timothy Duke May 7, 2018

DemonTHON organizes fundraising year-round for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago which culminates in a student organized 24-hour dance marathon on May 4 and 5. Students dance...

DemonTHON raises $274,000 for Lurie Children's Hospital

DemonTHON raises $274,000 for Lurie Children’s Hospital

Kirsten Onsgard April 30, 2016

Friday marked junior Mikayla Rickord’s second time participating in the 24-hour DePaul dance marathon DemonTHON, but it is not the only time she works with sick children. Each week, she spends three...

DemonTHON raises $48,000 in 24 hours

DemonTHON raises $48,000 in 24 hours

Megan Deppen March 4, 2016

DemonTHON, DePaul’s year-long fundraiser for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, raised more than $48,000 in 24 hours this week. Thursday night the group announced on their...

(Garrett Duncan / The DePaulia)

PHOTOS: Demonthon 2015 at DePaul

Garrett Duncan April 26, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='11268'] DePaul’s fourth annual dance marathon, Demonthon, set a new record this year by raising more than $257,000 for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Students...

DemonTHON participants danced for 24 hours in a marathon effort to raise money for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. DemonTHON broke its record for the most money raised at the event in its third year. (John Gallagher / The DePaulia)

DePaul philanthropists: DemonTHON, Relay for Life and Cities Project Run

Kate Hobenstatt March 16, 2015

As the amount of high school graduates enrolling in college increases, so do the stereotypes surrounding them. College students seem to be known for partying, sleeping and consuming highly caffeinated...

DemonTHON participants danced for 24 hours in a marathon effort to raise money for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. DemonTHON broke its record for the most money raised at the event in its third year. (John Gallagher / The DePaulia)

DemonTHON: Dancing for bright futures

Mariah Woelfel May 19, 2014

Angelo Rivera’s mom lived with lung cancer for half of her life before dying at the age of 49. He keeps her in mind each year as he uses DePaul’s DemonTHON as an opportunity to donate what he can’t...

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