Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Miracle Maker Awards!
Miracle Network Dance Marathon recognized top performing Dance Marathon programs at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ Ignite: Peer-to-Peer Leadership Conference held in Kansas City, MO from July 18-21.
The Miracle Maker Awards are given annually to the Dance Marathon programs that had the highest combined monetary and percentage increases in their overall fundraising over the previous year. These programs demonstrate that it is possible to continue to build a lasting tradition on campus and grow their fundraising year-after-year for their local member hospital of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Programs are categorized for the awards based on their previous year fundraising level as a Miracle Network Dance Marathon program.
Miracle Maker Award: New – 29K
DragonTHON at Drexel University – increased their fundraising by 107% year-over-year to raise $59,762! Congratulations to DragonTHON for your tremendous efforts to more than double your previous year’s fundraising total!
Miracle Maker Award: 30k – 74k
EagleTHON at American University – increased their fundraising by an astounding 71.2% year-over-year to raise $55,460! This increase represents more than $23k in additional funds raised to support Children’s National Hospital!
Miracle Maker Award: 75k – 149k
State Dance Marathon at Indiana State University – increased their fundraising by 35.7% to raise $154,779! In comparison to their 2023 total, they raised over $40k more than last year to support Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Additionally, since 2022, State Dance Marathon has doubled their fundraising total increasing from $75k raised just two years ago.
Miracle Maker Award: 150k – 299k
Auburn University Dance Marathon – increased their fundraising by 28.9% year-over-year to raise $356,036! In comparison to their 2023 fundraising total of $276,237 this year’s total was almost $80k more than last year!
Miracle Maker Award: 300k – 649k
Knight-Thon at the University of Central Florida – increased their fundraising by 9% year-over-year to raise $679,033! In comparison to their previous year’s total of $621,657 this year’s total represents $57k more in additional funds raised for Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Florida.
Miracle Maker Award: 650K+
University of Iowa Dance Marathon – increased their fundraising by an incredible 23.9% year-over-year to raise $1,454,930! When compared to their 2023 fundraising total this impressive increase is over $280k more than what the program raised last year. UIDM experienced the highest combined percentage and monetary increase of all Miracle Network Dance Marathons in the 2023-2024 school year.
Miracle Network Dance Marathon is a national movement, involving over 400 colleges, universities and K-12 schools across the United States that fundraise for their local member hospital of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Students involved in a campus’s dance marathon organization spend a year gaining leadership, teamwork, and nonprofit business experience while raising funds and awareness for their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. The year culminates with a final dance marathon event on each campus, where students get to meet patient families treated at their local hospital, participate in games and dancing, enjoy entertainment, and reveal their annual fundraising total. Miracle Network Dance Marathon programs have collectively raised more than $350 million since 1991.