Penn State's IFC/Panhellenic Dance MaraTHON raises 7.8 million dollars!

[PeppyGPhiB]

I wish that more of the large greek systems would do this type of thing, and rotate/divide the earnings between a couple of philanthropies each year. In my opinion it's ridiculous for chapters to burn out on spending so much time on every.single.group's.obstacle course/volleyball tournament/pageant/walk/pancake breakfast. When every chapter does its own event, and every chapter must participate in all of the others, it equals a lot of work for a usually small benefit. Imagine if every greek system worked together to make a major contribution to a few orgs. every year - I know on my campus the donation we would end up making to our foundation would be far greater if we went this route rather than trying to organize and market our own event every year.