{"id":29348,"date":"2014-04-08T02:35:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T06:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=29348"},"modified":"2014-04-07T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T20:04:23","slug":"rockethon-2014-students-ready-to-dance-to-help-area-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_08_2014\/rockethon-2014-students-ready-to-dance-to-help-area-kids","title":{"rendered":"RockeTHON 2014: Students ready to dance to help area kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

RockeTHON, formerly known as Dance Marathon, is The University of Toledo\u2019s largest student-run philanthropy event. The yearlong fundraiser culminates in a 13-hour event where participants stay on their feet by dancing, playing games, participating in themed contests, and getting to know the families they are supporting.<\/p>\n

\"Students<\/a>

Students vogued for the camera at last year’s RockeTHON.<\/p><\/div>RockeTHON will be held Saturday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. throughout the Student Union, with the stage and main action taking place in the auditorium.<\/P><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s goal is to have more than 1,000 students participate and to raise $113,000. The \u201cZero Zeroes\u201d goal aims to make sure each individual participant raises anything above zero dollars.<\/p>\n

The theme for this year\u2019s event is \u201cHollywood: Dancing With Our Stars.\u201d Events and attractions will include an inflatable joust, a photo booth, radar speed test, sunglass spin art, a mechanical shark, a snow cone machine, miniature golf, scavenger hunts, dance competitions, and the crowning of Mr. and Mrs. RockeTHON, among others.<\/p>\n

About 10 families are planning on sharing their personal stories with RockeTHON participants.<\/p>\n

Dance Marathon is a national event, taking place at more than 100 college campuses across the country. Since 2001, RockeTHON has raised more than $500,000 for Mercy Children\u2019s Hospital, bringing a brighter future to area children.<\/p>\n

\u201cRockeTHON is a can\u2019t-miss event. The energy of hundreds of individuals supporting one cause is electrifying,\u201d said Aaron Birney, a senior in the Individualized Degree Program and director of RockeTHON 2014.<\/p>\n

Registration is $20 per person and includes a RockeTHON 2014 T-shirt. You can register at http:\/\/utole.do\/rockethon<\/a>. Dancers can register as part of their respective student organizations until 10 a.m. the day of the event.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Tyler Clark, RockeTHON 2014 public relations chair, at tyler.clark@rockets.utoledo.edu or 419.205.6410.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just dance! UT students will get into the groove at RockeTHON Saturday, April 12, and dance to raise funds Mercy Children’s Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":693,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/693"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}