Weekend in Review: K-12 Dance Marathons raise $534K for UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital

Now until April, our high school and collegiate students will be raising funds and awareness for your local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, and we hope you can join them.

Ten high school Dance Marathon programs combined to raise $534,552.33 this past weekend.

• Leon High School – $141,373.40
• Maclay School – $103,442.75
• Palm Beach Central High School – $81,151.68
• Seminole Ridge Community High School – $57,593.20
• Florida High – $50,418.45
• Jupiter Community High School – $36,032.77
• Suncoast High School – $25,643.42
• Eastside High School – $18,225.87
• East Ridge High School – $16,412.42
• Newberry High School – $4,258.37

Dance Marathon at UF, Dance Marathon at FSU and OwlThon FAU-affiliated middle and high school programs will continue to fundraise for UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital until the culmination of their respective university’s Dance Marathon main events:

• Dance Marathon at Florida State University: March 4-6
• Dance Marathon at the University of Florida: March 26-27
• OwlThon at Florida Atlantic University: April 9

We are excited for this weekend’s main event for Dance Marathon at FSU! We will provide updates on that main event and much more as our Dance Marathon, Community Marathon and Mini Marathon students raise funds and awareness this spring.

Thank you to our dance participants, students, advisors and donors at our K-12 schools — along with our college students and advisers — who are dedicating their time and resources for the benefit of our pediatric patients at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital!