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Child Life program making difference one patient at a time

Talia Mor looked out at the crowd with a huge smile on her face. She was speaking to students from Dance Marathon at the University of Florida. It was as though she was looking at younger versions of herself. After all, Mor was in their shoes not so long ago.

DM at UF raises $2 million for CMN Hospitals

During its annual 26.2-hour event on April 1-2, Dance Marathon at the University of Florida raised $2,007,079.05 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. Hundreds of dancers worked tirelessly throughout the school year and then took to the Stephen C. O’Connell Center to “Imagine the Day”…

DM at UF raises $526,292 during Transform Today

Photo courtesy of Dance Marathon at the University of Florida. Dance Marathon at the University of Florida raised $526,292 during its annual fall fundraising event, Transform Today. A 26.2-hour initiative, Transform Today invites the UF campus and the Gainesville community to get involved in DM at UF’s fight to end…

Miracle families, DM students enjoy a Sunday fun-day

Dance Marathon students from across Florida converged on Kanapaha Park in Gainesville for a morning of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals fun! Our collegiate partners from Dance Marathon at Florida State University, Dance Marathon at the University of Florida and OwlThon at Florida Atlantic University joined our Miracle Families for swings…

College DM programs present, students recognized at DMLC 2022

This summer was exciting for our Miracle Network Dance Marathon programs that support UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. The manager teams from Dance Marathon at Florida State University, Dance Marathon at the University of Florida and OwlThon at Florida Atlantic University were thrilled to attend the Dance Marathon Leadership Conference…

College DM programs raise $3.9 million 

From left to right: Shelley Collins, M.D., FAAP, associate chief medical officer at UF Health Shands Hospital, associate dean for student affairs and professor of pediatrics at UF College of Medicine, Anna Michelle Brandt, associate vice president of operations at UF Health Shands Hospital, Colleen Koch, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., dean…

Feb. 19: Miracles in Color 5K brightens UF

Photo by Dance Marathon at UF. On Saturday, Feb. 19, Dance Marathon at the University of Florida will host its third annual Miracles in Color 5K. The course winds through the UF campus and ends at Flavet Field. Throughout the run, participants are doused in colored powder. After five kilometers,…

Celebrating commitment: College DM programs raise more than $1 million in 78.6 hours

Dance Marathon at UF hosted Transform Today and raised $589,484 for UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. Photo by Dance Marathon at UF. 94,320 seconds. 1,572 minutes. 26.2 hours. Our three college Dance Marathon programs raised $1,046,778 for UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital during their respective 26.2 hours of fall fundraising.