OF PEARL JAM AND THE SUPPORT DIDN’T STOP THERE. TODAY IN WINSTON-SALEM, WAKE FOREST, STUDENTS ARE RAISING MONEY FOR CANCER RESEARCH THROUGH DANCING. THE EVENT IS A 12 HOUR DANCE A THON. THE FUND RAISER WAS STARTED FOR A STUDENT WHO LOST HIS LIFE TO CANCER. SINCE 2006, THE WAKE AND SHAKE HAS RAISED MORE THAN $30,000. THE MONEY HELPS THE BRIAN PICCOLO CANCER RESEARCH FUND. IT’S REALLY WONDERFUL, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS IMPACTED SO HEAVILY WITH COVID THESE PAST TWO YEARS IN 2020 AND 2021. WE HAD ONLINE AND HYBRID. IT’S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO SEE THIS COME BACK INTO PERSON. LAST YEAR WE HAD IT IN PERSON. AND THIS YEAR WE’RE JUST SEEING A LOT MORE STUDENT AWARENESS ABOUT TH
Wake Forest students raise more than $200k during 12-hour dance marathon to benefit cancer research
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Updated: 12:51 PM EDT Mar 26, 2023
More than a thousand Wake Forest University students danced the day and night away on Saturday to raise money for cancer research during Wake ‘N Shake. Organizers told WXII 12 news that dancers raised $248,234.50 just before midnight in the final hour of the dance marathon.The goal of the 12-hour dance marathon is to raise money for cancer research. It’s the largest student-led philanthropic event on campus.Top StoriesNorthern Lights captured in North Carolina, Virginia areasDrug resistant fungal infection continues to spread across country as cases reported in NC25-year-old mom of two shot to death while holding her 4-year-old child in her armsGet the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereThe event took place from noon to midnight in the University’s Sutton Center.“We will have dancing, singing, games and inspirational speakers each hour to keep us going,” said Jamie Wander, a junior finance major from Dallas. Part of Wake ‘N Shake’s motto is standing up to cancer, so the goal for students is not to sit down for the entire 12 hours. Wake ‘N Shake started in 2006 with 300 dancers raising over $30,000 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.Piccolo is a former Wake Forest All-American football player who died of cancer at age 26 while playing for the NFL’s Chicago Bears, school officials said.He died in 1970. The fund bearing his name provides money that allows the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to pursue its most innovative research programs. Last year, Wake Forest students raised more than $300,000 for the cause.Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsNAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |Trending Stories
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — More than a thousand Wake Forest University students danced the day and night away on Saturday to raise money for cancer research during Wake ‘N Shake.
Organizers told WXII 12 news that dancers raised $248,234.50 just before midnight in the final hour of the dance marathon.
The goal of the 12-hour dance marathon is to raise money for cancer research. It’s the largest student-led philanthropic event on campus.
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The event took place from noon to midnight in the University’s Sutton Center.
“We will have dancing, singing, games and inspirational speakers each hour to keep us going,” said Jamie Wander, a junior finance major from Dallas.
Part of Wake ‘N Shake’s motto is standing up to cancer, so the goal for students is not to sit down for the entire 12 hours.
Wake ‘N Shake started in 2006 with 300 dancers raising over $30,000 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.
Piccolo is a former Wake Forest All-American football player who died of cancer at age 26 while playing for the NFL’s Chicago Bears, school officials said.
He died in 1970. The fund bearing his name provides money that allows the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to pursue its most innovative research programs.
Last year, Wake Forest students raised more than $300,000 for the cause.
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