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 US 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 of this area. We host small fundraisers year round, leading up to a big celebration on April 9, 2022. 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 two free meals, 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 the extremely fun, rewarding and is the easiest way to give back to your local community. Dancing truly can save lives. Join our movement today!
This year's event happening April 9, 2022 our goal is to raise $150,000 all to help change kid's health and change the future!
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Our Committees
State A Thon offers all different forms of involvement! Those interested in being involved more that just our big day, here are 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:
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 fall semester and once a week spring semester. If you are interested please contact our entertainment chair:
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:
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:
The Board
Meet our amazing team of 22 students who work endlessly to make State A Thon one of SDSU's proud traditions!
- Ali Findley — Overall Coordinator
- Lindsey Kimmel — Finance VP
- Jada Tschetter — Internal VP
- Preston Fejfar — External VP
- Thea Spencer — Dancer Relations Chair
- Marc Rattenborg — Alumni Chair
- Anthony Reiland — Fraternity and Sorority Life Relations Chair
- Sydney Bruesehoff — Entertainment Chair
- Emily Malsom — Catering Chair
- Diana Johnson and Kate Vogel — Morale Co-Chairs
- Mariah Stensgaard and Marie Harries — Facilities Chairs
- Matthew Te Slaa and Kelsey Dahme — Sponsorships Co-Chairs
- Melissa Hagedorn and Lindsey Rowbotham — Fundraising Co-Chairs
- Emory McManimon and Andrea Berends — Families Co-Chairs
- Gabby Helget — Community Outreach Chair
- Halle Hokanson — Marketing Co-Chairs
- Hanna Cummins — High School Dance Marathons
