{"id":42885,"date":"2016-10-25T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=42885"},"modified":"2016-10-25T09:58:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T13:58:01","slug":"wright-state-to-stage-the-fourth-annual-raiderthon-dance-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/10\/25\/wright-state-to-stage-the-fourth-annual-raiderthon-dance-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State to stage the fourth annual Raiderthon dance marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42887\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/10\/25\/wright-state-to-stage-the-fourth-annual-raiderthon-dance-marathon\/12465-denise-robinow-raiderthon-11-17-13\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42887\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42887\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42887\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2016\/10\/raiderthon-12465-246-508x287.jpg\" alt=\"Raiderthon, a 15-hour dance marathon and fundraiser, takes place Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. in the Apollo Room of the Student Union.\" width=\"460\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raiderthon, a 15-hour dance marathon and fundraiser, takes place Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. in the Apollo Room of the Student Union.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The dance moves come once a year but the generosity, the cause and the joy never end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wsuraiderthon.kintera.org\/faf\/home\/default.asp?ievent=1158771\">Wright State\u2019s Raiderthon<\/a> is a 15-hour dance marathon with a goal of raising $75,000 for Dayton Children&#8217;s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Raiderthon will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20, in the Apollo Room of the Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>The dance fundraiser occurs at more than 300 colleges nationwide to raise money for Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery minute, 62 children pass through the doors of a Children&#8217;s Miracle Network Hospital for treatment for anything from broken bones to cancer,\u201d said Patrick Bleser, the community outreach chair for Raiderthon. \u201cDayton Children&#8217;s Hospital sees close to 300,000 kids in their emergency room every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, over 400 students registered for the event, said Bleser. He expects a larger number to register this year.<\/p>\n<p>During its three-year history, Raiderthon has raised more than $150,000 for Dayton Children&#8217;s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that someone should attend Raiderthon because it is a fun way to raise money for a worthy cause,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is my third year on the planning committee, and Raiderthon continues to change my life every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event will include a Raiderthon graduation ceremony to honor graduating students who have been involved in Raiderthon for its four years at Wright State. There will also be a magician from the local area and of course dancing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many kids that are facing life-threatening illnesses and need treatment as soon as possible,\u201d said Bleser. \u201cThese treatments and the equipment that it takes to perform these treatments cost a ton of money. &#8230; Your money will be used to do great things right here in Dayton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Register for Raiderthon at <a href=\"http:\/\/wsuraiderthon.kintera.org\/faf\/home\/default.asp?ievent=1158771\">wsuraiderthon.kintera.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raiderthon, a 15-hour dance marathon and fundraiser, takes place Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. in the Apollo Room of the Student Union. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/10\/25\/wright-state-to-stage-the-fourth-annual-raiderthon-dance-marathon\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":34253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,2025,725,715,4293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-community-service","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news","category-student-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42885"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42890,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42885\/revisions\/42890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}