Dance Marathon Movement Coming to the Claremont Colleges
To request more information or apply for a position on the founding Executive Board, click here.
This year, the Miracle Network Dance Marathon movement is laying the foundation for a new Dance Marathon program at the Claremont Colleges.
We’re looking for student leaders who are ready to be a part of “this generation, fighting for the next” and help raise funds and awareness for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital treating children families from the Los Angeles community.
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Follow Dance Marathon at the Claremont Colleges on Instagram to learn more about Dance Marathon and get the latest updates on how you can support our cause.
If you have questions or want to connect with our team, you can also e-mail us at DMacquisition@cmnhospitals.org.
Interest Sessions:
During the week of Monday, March 4 though Thursday, March 7, staff members from CMN Hospitals will be on campus meeting with student leaders, organizations, and campus administrators to spread the word about the opportunities for involvement with the new Dance Marathon at the Claremont Colleges student organization.
The CMN Hospitals staff members will be hosting interest sessions for students to learn more about Dance Marathon and how they can get involved as a founding executive board member for the new organization.
Join us at one of the interest sessions:
Monday, March 4th (Claremont McKenna College)
- 5:00 pm – Kravis Center Room 161
- 7:00pm – Kravis Center Room 167
Tuesday, March 5th (Pomona College)
- 4:00pm – Hahn Building Room 101
- 7:00pm – Hahn Building Room 101
Wednesday, March 6th (Pitzer College)
- 7:00pm – McConnel Dining Hall Founders Room
Thursday, March 7th (Scripps College)
- 12:00pm – Student Union
- 5:00pm – Student Union
CMN Hospitals staff members will also be attending various student organization meetings to spread the word about Dance Marathon. If you would like CMN Hospitals staff members to attend your organization’s meeting, reach out to DMacquisition@cmnhospitals.org.
What is Miracle Network Dance Marathon?
Miracle Network Dance Marathon is a philanthropic movement uniting students at over 400 colleges, universities and high schools across North America. 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 CMN Hospital. The year culminates with a 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.
As this movement comes to campus, a new Dance Marathon at the Claremont Colleges student organization will be formed on campus. Staff from CMN Hospitals are currently recruiting student leaders who will help form the founding executive board for the organization. Executive board members will be responsible for laying the foundation for the organization, recruiting student participants, planning and implementing fundraising and awareness efforts, building relationships with university and community partners, and hosting the inaugural dance marathon event.
Dance Marathon provides students with a hands on service-learning experience that develops a sense of community, bringing students and organizations together from all across campus. To learn more about the impact of Dance Marathon, check out this guide.
Our Cause:
The efforts of the organization will all be in support of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the local CMN Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is a nonprofit pediatric health care organization dedicated to creating hope and building healthier futures for children. Honored as the best children’s hospital in California and among the top 10 in the nation, Children’s Hospital is home to medical experts who have developed more than 350 pediatric specialty programs and services. Founded in 1901, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the only freestanding Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in Los Angeles County. They provide family-centered care for more than 111,000 annual patients through expert medical care, support during recovery, training the next generation of pediatric experts, and conducting research to find better treatments for childhood illnesses.
CHLA Annual Statistics:
- 17,081 inpatient admissions
- More than half a million patient visits
- 94,809 Emergency Department visits
- 17,150 pediatric surgeries performed, including more complex surgical procedures than any other hospital in Southern California
- 2,453 patients transported via helicopter, Learjet and ambulance—one of the largest emergency transport programs in the nation
- 487 traumas treated
By getting involved in Dance Marathon at the Claremont Colleges, you’re joining hundreds of thousands of students across North America who are a part of this generation, fighting for the next and helping to save kids’ lives in your local community.
Miracle Network Dance Marathon is an international movement, involving over 400 colleges, universities and K-12 schools across North America that fundraise for their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Since its inception in 1991, Miracle Network Dance Marathon has raised more than $250 million–ensuring that no child or family fights pediatric illness or injury alone.
Learn more about Miracle Network Dance Marathon: