Proceeds will help children with cancer
6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, Conference Center
UPPER BURRELL, Pa. – Refill the dauber and cover the free spaces as the Penn State New Kensington students are stepping up their THON fundraising activities with the third annual Basket Bingo Bash at 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, in the Conference Center of the campus.
Local residents, along with the campus community, are invited to show off their bingo acumen and vie for an assortment of baskets filled with a variety of goodies. Admission is $10 for students and $15 for the general public, and includes two bingo cards of three games each. Additional bingo cards are available for $3. Holiday snacks and refreshments will be sold throughout the evening. Participants must be at least 18-years old. All proceeds benefit the campus THON campaign.
For tickets to the events or more info on THON, contact Lauren Blum, assistant to the director of student affairs, at 724-334-6063 or ldb14@psu.edu
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The campus THON committee, co-chaired by junior business management majors Shannon Josefoski and Shawna Fluhme, is sponsoring the event to raise funds for the University-wide THON that benefits the Four Diamonds Fund at the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. The fund’s goal is to support pediatric cancer patients, families and researchers. THON, formally known as the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, culminates with a 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping marathon from Feb. 19 to 21, at the University Park campus. Over the next three months, students from all Penn State campuses will be raising money for what is believed to be the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.
A year ago, Penn State New Kensington students raised $28,000, fourth best in campus history. The campus record is $52,000, set in 2011 under the leadership of THON chair Kelly Sieja. In the past five years, the New Kensington THON committee has collected nearly $200,000, Since 2002, campus students have raised $300,000. Fundraising activities will continue through February as campus students will be hosting various events and canning outside businesses in the region to raise money.
For more on THON, visit www.thon.org