State A Thon
What is State A Thon?
State A Thon is a part of a nationwide movement called Dance Marathon. Over 300 campuses across the U.S. work to raise money for Children's Miracle Network. All the money we raise goes to the Sanford Children's Castle of Care in Sioux Falls to support children in South Dakota. We host small fundraisers year-round, leading up to a big celebration in April of each school year. As a dancer, you will get to spend the whole day with a "miracle family" in a small group. We play fun games like human foosball, relay races, lip sync battles, etc. We do some dancing, but no dancing skills are required. Dancers also have a very minimal commitment. We require each dancer to raise only $50 total, which gets you one free meal, snacks, a T-shirt and access to the entire day. The more you raise, the more you get, as dancers receive incentives for hitting the next fundraising level. If you want more involvement, please visit our committees page to find more ways to get involved! State A Thon is extremely fun and rewarding and is the easiest way to give back to your local community. Dancing truly can save lives. Help us change kid's health and change the future by joining our movement today!
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Our Committees
State A Thon offers all different forms of involvement. Those interested in being involved in more than just our big day should check out our different committees!
Morale Committee
- Lead your own team of dancers and have a miracle kid to hang out with for the entire day. As a morale captain, your job would be to help make the morale dance that we will perform throughout the day and help keep the energy high throughout the long day. Morale Committee has meetings once every other week in the fall semester and once a week in the spring semester. If you are interested, please contact our morale co-chairs, Amery Arends and Maria Quale.
Entertainment Committee
- On the Entertainment Committee, you get to help plan the events for the day of. This includes the games we play, activities we do, and help plan our big act for the day. Entertainment Committee meets every other week in the fall semester and once a week in the spring semester. If you are interested, please contact our event operations chair, Emily Lingle.
Facilities Committee
- Make all the decorations and carry out the theme for the day of. On the Facilities Committee, you would help make all of the decorations and plan the layout of the day of. Everything design related is in your hands! If you are interested, please contact our facilities co-chairs, Jenna Bush and Claire Einspahr.
Fundraising Committee
- Our goal is to raise as much money as possible for the kids, and we could not be able to do it without the help of our Fundraising Committee. On this committee you would help plan various fundraisers throughout the year to help us reach our monetary goal for the year. If you are interested, please contact our fundraising co-chairs, Elsie Weeldreyer and Makenna Jacobson.
The Board
Meet our amazing team of 21 students who work endlessly to make State A Thon one of SDSU's proud traditions!
- Kayley Moll – president
- Wylie Wiebe – finance vice president
- NaTasha Bruck – internal vice president
- Hallie Kueter – external vice president
- Kaydence Klein – participant relations chair
- Kendra Albers – stewardship chair
- Noelle Dunn and Marcela Mejia – recruitment co-chairs
- Emily Lingle – event operations chair
- Amery Arends and Maria Quale – morale co-chairs
- Jenna Bush and Claire Einspahr – facilities co-chairs
- Paige Stout and Anja Toft – sponsorships co-chairs
- Elsie Weeldreyer and Makenna Jacobson – fundraising co-chairs
- Grace Weaver and Abby Schaller – families co-chairs
- Catherine Klein and Logan Muller – marketing co-chairs