Carolina For The Kids hosts first in-person Dance Marathon since 2019

Posted Apr 7, 2022
Colored chalk powder filled the air at Hooker Fields around midnight as participants danced for 12 hours straight, all while raising $288,306.07 for patients at the UNC Children’s Hospital. It was the first in-person UNC Dance Marathon hosted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Carolina For The Kids Foundation is the host of the marathon. (Daily Tar Heel)

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