Miracle Network Dance Marathon 2021 Hackathon

Updates as of 8/11/21:

Join the live webinar to watch our four finalist teams pith their ideas to a panel of experts!

When: August 19, 2021 12-2pm MT

How: Register at this Zoom webinar link

Click here to find out a little more about our finalists!

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Create new and innovative tools that can be used by the Miracle Network Dance Marathon community to raise funds for kids treated at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals across the US and Canada.

Click here for all the details on Hackathon 2021!

Opportunity Overview
Over 300,000 Miracle Network Dance Marathon participants register and fundraise to support local kids each year and have generated over $300M for local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals since 1991. As the needs of our hospitals continuing to grow, we’re looking for ways to explore untapped potential by unlocking the Dance Marathon community’s unparalleled passion, because we know kids can’t wait.  Hackathon presents the opportunity for the Dance Marathon community to not only help shape the future of the program by sharing innovative ideas, but also to engage with leaders and experts in the fundraising and gaming communities. With your help, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Dance Marathon are ready to Change Kids’ Health and Change the Future.

Participant Incentives 

Anyone can submit an idea! We are accepting idea submissions from June 14-30. These will be narrowed to a top 14, with the semifinalist idea chosen by community vote. The 15 semifinalist ideas will be further narrowed to a final 4. The top 4 submissions will get to develop their idea with subject matter experts and present their idea live, during our Hackathon 2021 broadcast in August. The willing idea submitter/submitting team will a $1,000 donation to their local children’s hospital. The 3 runners up will each win $250 for their local children’s hospitals.

The idea submitter/team with the winning idea will be able to choose 1 of 3 prize options. These options include:

• A one time $3,000 grant for their Dance Marathon program!
• A trip for up to 3 to Children’s Hospitals Week 2022!
• A custom DonorDrive theme along with coaching from Donor Drive on how to make your DonorDrive fundraising platform as effective and engaging as possible!

How Do I Participate in the Dance Marathon Hackathon? Find out more here.

Sumbissions for this year’s Hackathon are closed. See terms and conditions here.

Want to pass this on to your participants to give your program a better chance at winning the donation to your local children’s hospital? Let them know what the Dance Marathon Hackathon is and encourage them to apply! Try spreading the word with the copy we have provided below.

Do you have an idea that could help Dance Marathon? Do you want to win $1,000 for your children’s hospital? Do you want to impact the future of Dance Marathon? You can do all these things by participating in the DMLC Hackathon idea contest! All you have to do is submit your idea to the website here from June 14-30. As Dance Marathon participants and leaders, YOU are the experts and your ideas are extremely valuable. This is your chance to share them!

Dear Dance Marathon Family,
This past year has called for lots of creativity and new ideas across all industries. Now, we have a chance to change the future of Dance Marathon with our ideas! Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is hosting a Hackathon idea contest in conjunction with their virtual Dance Marathon Leadership Conference, and this is YOUR chance to submit any idea your have! You can submit your idea to the website here from June 14-30. There are some great prizes for the winning idea, including a $1,000 donation to your hospital! This is your chance to share your amazing ideas with the world!

Frequently Asked Questions:

Can programs who submitted ideas last year submit them again?
If a group thinks their idea is relevant and has made some changes from last year, then yes.

What happened with the winner of last year’s Hackathon?
The winning idea from last year’s Hackathon was transferred to the CMN Hospitals Program Ideation team for further research. Exciting updates coming at DMLC, so stay tuned!