Michael Palm and Devin Pulaski are strangers, but both their lives have turned on a fulcrum only survivors like them can understand. From Feb. 15 to 17, during the biggest event for the world’s largest student-run philanthropy to support children with cancer and their families, they crossed another threshold together.
More than 40 Penn State New Kensington students traveled to University Park for the culminating THON 2019 event held Feb. 15-17.
Michael Healy, a senior kinesiology major at Penn State, rode his bike from Hershey to University Park in one day to raise money for THON.
Fighting for his life is something Jimmy Clark, 25, understands well. A cancer survivor, Clark will host the ninth annual Poker with Jimmy, a No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 11. The tournament has raised more than $75,000 over the past eight years, for THON and the Four Diamonds Fund (through THON) at the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital for children battling pediatric cancer. This year’s event takes place at the Goodwill Fire Company, 2318 S. Queen St., York, Pennsylvania. Doors open at 10 a.m. with play beginning at 11 a.m.
“It’s hard to comprehend that this is the last treatment I’ll be getting. Right now, it feels kind of surreal.”
Multi-colored handprints marked the day as Hyundai Hope on Wheels presented Penn State Children's Hospital and Dr. Barbara Miller with a check for $100,000 toward pediatric cancer research.
Four Diamonds at Penn State Children’s Hospital earned a Bronze Award for Excellence from the Association of American Medical Colleges' Group on Institutional Advancement.
Clay Cooper has been stretching twice a day, every day for the past several weeks. The fifth-year MD/MBA student began running on the treadmill again and got as much sleep as he could. It’s all part of the preparation for dancing in his first THON.
Penn State Children's Hospital held a THON reveal party for patients and their families on Feb. 18.
Dr. Craig Hillemeier issued the following message upon the conclusion of THON 2018.
This coming weekend, a year’s worth of effort by some 16,500 student volunteers at Penn State will culminate in a 46-hour dance marathon — THON — to help children fight cancer.
Childhood cancer survivors are at a higher risk of developing physical and emotional difficulties once their treatment is complete. That's why it’s important to connect them with follow-up care and resources.
Two cancer researchers at Penn State Children’s Hospital have been awarded grants through the Hyundai Hope On Wheels program.
On Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, Aleksandra “Alex” Smith visited her pediatrician’s office because her joints ached, her lymph nodes were swollen and she had a low-grade fever. Hours later, she was diagnosed with cancer.
Childhood cancer survivors are at a higher risk of developing physical and emotional difficulties once their treatment is complete. That's why it’s important to connect them with follow-up care and resources.
