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CAROLINE KEYS// THE GAMECOCK Dance Marathon raises their goal of more than $1 million for the first time in spring 2018.
Dance Marathon raises more than $1 million for two consecutive years
MARINA CATULLO News Writer
USC Dance Marathon (USCDM), the largest student-led philanthropy group on campus, raises money for what is now the Child Life program at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital, previously under the name Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. USCDM has grown significantly in the past four years, both in campus involvement and amount of money raised. In 2015, USCDM’s goal was to raise $500,000 during its 14-hour main event. At the end of the night, it was revealed that $501,528 had been raised for the Miracle kids, the motivation behind Dance Marathon’s mission. The following year, USCDM set a $600,119 fundraising goal. However, a little less than $528,000 was raised. Despite not reaching its 2016 goal, USCDM aimed to raise more than $100,000 more in 2017, setting a fundraising goal of $700,000 total. With this ambition in mind, USCDM kicked off its registration fundraising initiatives early, starting
in September of 2016. By the end of October, USCDM had registered more than 800 participants for the main event in 2017. USCDM’s goal of $700,000 was met in 2017, collecting a total of $703,289. For its 20th anniversary, Dance Marathon revealed its $1 million goal on Greene Street. In addition to general fundraising leading up to the main event, extra fundraising went toward the USCDM playground at the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. Those behind Dance Marathon’s main event made good on the 2018 goal, bringing in a total of $1,025,171. In January of 2019, USCDM began its spring fundraising push with the goal of raising $119,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network in a 24-hour period. The $119,000 figure reflected the final goal of raising $1.19 million at the main event. At this year’s Dance Marathon event, the organization raised more than $1 million for the second year in a row, landing at a grand total of $1,038,156, but falling short of the organization’s $1.19 million goal.