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board, she thought, “Boy, would I!” She joined the faculty in
October.
Meanwhile, as always, the Dance Marathon at FSU
organizers keep raising money year-round. The famous winter
More and more, the undergraduates in charge of DM at
FSU are taking time during the year to learn about where
their dollars go.
“We are able to understand how important the growth and
weekend of nonstop dancing at the Civic Center culminates sustainability of our organization is to our community,” Executive
in a dramatic revelation of the year’s dollar total. Director Chloe Milthorpe said in an interview with FSView.
The proceeds officially go to the Children’s Miracle
“Shands and the College of Medicine are doing some incredible
Network at University of Florida Health Shands Children’s things for our kids today. We could not be more honored to raise
Hospital in Gainesville. About half of that money comes and give our funds to these two pediatric beneficiaries.”
back to the College of Medicine; in 2017, DM gave the
med school a check for more than $915,000. In addition to
supporting those school-based clinics in Gadsden County, the
Norton is impressed with the organization’s generosity and
energy.
“It’s also nice to see how eager they are to see where their
College of Medicine also shared that money with Tallahassee money is going and to understand the impact that it has on the
Memorial HealthCare, Bond Community Health Center, Big community,” she said. “I’m grateful – I’m here because of them!”
Bend Hospice and the Young Parents Project at Early Head Start.