BUCKEYETHON

Buckeyes Building Better Lives:

Benefiting Nationwide Children's Hospital of Columbus& Children's Miracle Network

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About BuckeyeThonWhere we came from

• Rosa Ailabouni in 2000

• In 2002 raised $32,474.50

• In 2008 raised $65,000

• In Total, raised more than $300,000

About BuckeyeThonWhere are we now

• Every year, students plan and attend BuckeyeThon 5k race

• Ohio State Students pack into a gym and dance for 14 hours straight

• In 2008, we doubled our dances to 645

About BuckeyeThonWhere we are going

• Challenged to make $1,000,000 in 2011

• Reached out to student organizations

• Our goal is to have every student participate in BuckeyeThon once

The Gee Challenge“BuckeyeThon is a great way to show

everyone the spirit of this University: the

fact that we care and the fact that we

care deeply. Over the past few years we

have raised over a quarter million dollars

in support of this great endeavor. The

truth of the matter is that we should

raise a lot more. They raise a lot of

money at Penn State. They raised a lot of

money at Vanderbilt when I was there.

This is the biggest and most audacious

University in the country and we need to

have this as a major goal.”

President Gordan Gee

BuckeyeThon CausesNationwide Children’s Hospital

• Founded in 1892• More then 300,000

patients Annually• Staff of more than

700 practitioners• More than 3600

employees• Offer numerous

special programs

BuckeyeThon CausesNationwide Children’s Hospital

• Non-profit organization dedicated to improving lives of children

• 170 Children Miracle Network Hospitals

• BuckeyeThon has joined other schools in the Children's Miracle Network Dance Marathon Community

BuckeyeThon Contact InformationDirection: Jenny

Swaim:swaim.5@osu.edu

Nidhi Lahoti:Lahoti.10@osu.edu

Buckeyethon.osu.edu