THON Supporters Send Healthy Wishes Skyward

Published 11.20.2014

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    Members of Penn College Benefiting THON help assemble the fragile paper lanterns.Kelsey A. Maneval (center), one of Penn College's dancers during the February 2014 THON Weekend, lends a hand.Participants battle frigid temperatures and occasional wind in trying to keep their lanterns lighted and under control.Emma J. Sutterlin (kneeling at right), of State College, this year's campus THON chair, joins some of her board members in preparing to set free one of the evening's final lanterns. From left are Kelsey A. Maneval, of McAlisterville; Lillian L. "Lily" Pakradooni, of Shillington; John D. Pater, of York; and Brieona R. Broadwater, of Berlin. Absent from the photo are board members Chelsea M. Burger, of Millersburg, and Allison D. Bailey, of West Chester.Buoyed by the heat inside, another lantern rises into the night sky.Nearly 100 sky lanterns drifted over campus Wednesday night in a fundraiser for children battling pediatric cancer, as members of Penn College Benefiting THON draw nearer to February's culminating 46-hour dance marathon at Penn State. For $1 each, supporters could purchase a paper lantern to be illuminated and cast aloft on the lawn outside the Thompson Professional Development Center. The second-year organization is hoping to top its inaugural collection of $13,000 in 2013-14, and will be "canning" – carrying canisters to collect local donations from passing cars and pedestrians in well-traveled areas – on Dec. 5-7. Interested donors can also visit the THON Web page, click “Donate Now” and select Penn College as their organization of choice. The annual "no-sleeping, no-sitting" dance marathon will be held Feb. 20-22 in Bryce Jordan Center; THON has raised more than $114 million since 1977.

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