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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 9, 2024 11:39 AM |
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| From: | Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr. and Sen. Cris Dush, Sen. Scott Martin |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | “THON Week” in PA (Feb. 12-18, 2024) |
| Please join us in co-sponsoring a resolution honoring the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, or THON. Held annually each February, this Penn State University-based 46-hour dance-a-thon is the largest student-run philanthropic endeavor in the world, both in revenue and volunteer participation. This year’s theme is “Treasure Every Adventure.” With the support of students from across the Commonwealth and beyond, this year-long effort benefits the nonprofit Four Diamonds organization at Penn State Children’s Hospital. Whether to cover cancer treatment costs or to fund research for a cure, THON has raised $219 million to date for the benefit of 4,800 families and those impacted by childhood cancer. In 2023, THON raised $15,006,132.46. This year, THON intends to hold THON Weekend 2024 at the Bryce Jordan Center, starting on Friday, February 16 and concluding on Sunday, February 18, 2024. With this resolution, we would be recognizing the week of February 12-18, 2024 as “THON Week” in Pennsylvania. Previous Co-Sponsors include: Pittman, Phillips-Hill, Miller, Argall, Bartolotta, Robinson, Farry, Laughlin, J.Ward, Regan, Cappelletti, Stefano, Boscola, Aument, Costa, Haywood, Brooks, Vogel, Kane, and Schwank. Please join us in honoring the continuing, tremendous effort made by more than 16,500 student volunteers, as well as their families; as they continue to help raise funding, increase awareness and provide emotional support to children and families fighting childhood cancer. |
Introduced as SR224