DemonTHON heats up DePaul Student Center
Emma Oxnevad, Assistant News 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 Children’s Hospital. The marathon is completed in two 12-hour shifts, in which donors pledge mone...
DemonTHON: Students raise funds by ‘raising the roof’
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 in order to bring awareness to and support the children afflicted with debilitating illnesses and...
DemonTHON raises $274,000 for Lurie Children’s Hospital
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 to four hours at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, the same hospital benefitted by the...
DemonTHON raises $48,000 in 24 hours
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. Read More »...
PHOTOS: Demonthon 2015 at DePaul
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. Read More »...
DePaul philanthropists: DemonTHON, Relay for Life and Cities Project Run
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 beverages. The media tends to highlight and report the worst things they can find around any college campus, especially the countless hazing a...
DemonTHON: Dancing for bright futures
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 otherwise donate financially. Read More »...
Bianca Cseke, Online Editor
September 16, 2019 • No Comments
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