m*tk 2285 W Harrisburg Pike Middletown, PA 17057 entir Tan Catered by Champions Sports Bar & Grill Mon-Fri 11 a.m. - 8 p.m Saturday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sunday seasonal 717-944-8269 March 14 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. March 15 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. THON: Challenges don't hinder fundraising and spirit Continued from page 1 THON committee also raffled off a hockey puck and framed photo of beaNer stadium, wrote letters to family and friends asking for donations, and went pledge booking. This year's dancers representing PSH were Micah Victoria and Jordan Long. They stood on their feet without sleeping for 46 hours per THON tradition. "I kept going for the kids" said Long. "There are posters of all the families in the back. Anytime you felt weak you saw their faces and it kept you going" Victoria cited the supporters from PSH as welt as his motivation to get through the 46 hours. Victoria and Long both credit THON as the most amazing weekend of their lives. Victoria wanted to dance because of his experience last year supporting PSI-I's dancers. "It seems like a very simple cause but later you realize it is really touching" said Victoria. "I'm going to try to go back next year as an alumni independent dancer" said Long. PSH's THON supporters expressed pride in raising more than last year. "We went from raising less than 5000 last year to $10,600, that's amazing. That was my personal goal. A lot of people involved in THON all had this goal to raise over $lO,OOO and the last time I heard the total we were at $B,OOO so I thought for sure we weren't going to make it" said Victoria. Basil expressed happiness when she found out both PSH's total and the overall total. "I cried and jumped up and down at the same time" said Basil. "With all the craziness that happened this year we were able to reach the $lO,OOO goal" PSH's THON committee had a rough start to the fundraising season with a switch of THON chairs from Sahar Safaee to Basil. "For an unknown reason the SGA wasn't supportive of any proposals we gave in to support fundraisers or hotel rooms and that made it difficult for people involved in THON" said Basil.
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