“PDM II Provides Promising Funding at Fitzgerald
Fieldhouse to Fight Cancer"
Ramesh
C.Reddy
Pittsburgh Standard
Monday,
December 04, 2006
Student
dancers from Greek Life and other organizations took a day from their
life to fundraise for those families that have someone who loses more
than day to cancer. The fundraiser was part of Pittsburgh Dance Marathon
(PDM) II, organized by the Greek Life community, which occurred at the
Fitzerald Fieldhouse on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 from 3:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
More
than 60 dancers took to the floor of the fieldhouse to dance the 24 hrs
away to raise thousands of dollars to give to the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Hillman Cancer Institute.
Chi Omega pledge sisters came to support their sisters
Claudette, Janeace, and Katie
As the
dancers started to do their moves on the afternoon of Sat. Dec 02,
tables were set up for raffles, volunteer sign ups, Greek sign ups, and
donations. Those tables were attended to by volunteers for the 24-hr
marathon.
 
Shawna McCallin and Kaitlin Guarascio of Delta Delta
Delta at the raffle table
Moralers who were there to give moral support to the dancers made sure
their dancers were up and running to the beat of the music and also had
posters throughout the fieldhouse to show their support. Chi Omega
sorority had three dancers, Katie Rice, Claudette Dagorn, and Janeace
Slifka who danced the day and night away to help the victims and
survivors of cancer to find a cure one day with the money raised.
 
The dancers and their moralers from different organizations danced away
to Michael Jackson’s thriller, the Macarena, and to many other songs
during the 24-hour marathon.
To help
the dancers during the 24-hour marathon stay on their feet, Penny Sema,
the emcee for the 24-hr marathon had them participate in different
events such as a limbo dance competition, dodge ball tournament, red
line competition, etc if they chose to. The Panther Mascot of the Pitt
Cheerleading team made an appearance and started to dance too.
Dancers dance and dance away during the dance marathon
After
and before the event was about to end, the staff and supporters enjoyed
cakes provided for them and all those attending the PDM.
 
The event ended with the staff of the PDM having the dancers introduce
themselves and the organization sponsoring them before they announced
the total raised in this years PDM which was over close to 53,000
dollars and more than 15,000 from their inaugural year.
Many of the staff at the PDM II who made the entire event
possible!
More
coverage of the event will be available online in the future!
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