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Child Health Day: Challenges and Prizes

Final Winners

Program Fundraising Average per Registered Participant Challenge:

  1. Saint Mary’s College Dance Marathon
  2. Davidson Dance Marathon
  3. GriffinTHON – Fontbonne University

Program Registration Challenge:

Tier 6: OU Dance Marathon

Tier 5: The University of Alabama Dance Marathon

Tier 4: University of Nebraska Dance Marathon

Tier 3: CowboyThon – Oklahoma State

Tier 2: Aggiethon at Utah State

Tier 1: Dance Marathon at MO State

Program Fundraising Challenge:

Tier 6: OU Dance Marathon

Tier 5: Jagathon – IUPUI

Tier 4: Saint Mary’s College Dance Marathon

Tier 3: Texas Christian University Dance Marathon

Tier 2: Bearthon – MU Miracle

Tier 1: GriffinTHON – Fontbonne University

CMN Hospitals has created a series of challenges for programs to compete for the opportunity to win a share of $20,000 in monetary prizes for their local children’s hospital through participation in Child Health Day.

Challenges will run from 12 AM ET on October 5, 2020 to 6 AM ET on October 6, 2020.

Leaderboard updates for all three challenges will be posted periodically HERE on this blog post. Updates will be posted at approximately: 10AM, 1PM, 4PM, 7PM, 10PM ET on October 5th. Winners will be announced on October 6th.

Program Fundraising Average per Registered Participant Challenge:

The 3 Dance Marathon programs that have the highest fundraising average per registered participant on Child Health Day will win a portion of $6,000 for their program. The prize will be distributed among the top three programs, regardless of tier, in proportion with their fundraising average on Child Health Day. Fundraising average will be determined using the total amount fundraised on Child Health Day and the total number of participants registered for the event at the close of the challenge.

Program Registration Challenge:

The Dance Marathon programs that register the most participants on Child Health Day will win a portion of $7,000 for their program. The prize will be distributed among the top program in each tier(*) in proportion with the number of people they register on Child Health Day.

Program Fundraising Challenge:

The Dance Marathon programs that fundraise the most on Child Health Day will win a portion of $7,000 for their program. The prize will be distributed among the top program in each tier(*) in proportion with the amount they raise on Child Health Day.

(*) Programs will be competing against other programs in the same tier:

  • Tier 1: New programs hosting their inaugural Dance Marathon event during the 2020-2021 academic year and programs raising up to $29,000 in 2019-2020.
  • Tier 2: Programs that raised between $30,000 and $74,999 in 2019-2020.
  • Tier 3: Programs that raised between $75,000 and $149,999 in 2019-2020.
  • Tier 4: Programs that raised between $150,000 and $299,999 in 2019-2020.
  • Tier 5: Programs that raised between $300,000 and $849,999 in 2019-2020.
  • Tier 6: Programs that raised over $850,000 in 2019-2020.

Click here for more information and resources about Child Health Day.