UK DanceBlue hosted its annual 24-hour, no sleeping or sitting dance marathon this weekend, which raised $1,650,857.26 for the DanceBlue Hematology & Oncology Clinic at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital.
Dancers...
DanceBlue, a University of Kentucky student-run organization, raises money for the Golden Matrix Fund through year-long fundraising that concludes with a 24-hour no sitting, no sleeping dance marathon....
The scene is almost unimaginable now: hundreds of University of Kentucky students in close proximity in one room, sweating together, laughing together, crying together. Not only do they not shirk from...
The 14th annual DanceBlue marathon ended Sunday night, raising $1,880, 954.88.That total comes from both the dance marathon and fundraising events from the past year, since the finish of 2018’s dance...
With the phrase “Spooky SZN” (Spooky Season, meaning the scary things we interact with around this holiday) everywhere, those of us who don’t have the same affinity for this haunting holiday can...
People often ask me why I like to run long distances, and I usually give the same response.I don’t know.I don’t know what it is that I like about running distances many people would consider silly,...
Never has a runner from Kentucky finished inside the top 25 of the Boston Marathon, but that changed at last Monday’s 122nd edition of the historic and prestigious race.Former UK distance runner Zack...
DanceBlue announced the date for the 2018 marathon.The 24-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping dance marathon will take place from 8 p.m. on Feb. 17 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 18.The date is chosen based on when Memorial...
UK United Christian Fellowship students are reading the entire Bible aloud on campus for the tenth year.The Bible Reading Marathon is an annual event hosted by UCF, a 40-year-old campus ministry. The organization...
As the hours wound down on the 2017 DanceBlue Marathon, the spirits in Memorial Coliseum only seemed to rise. Dancers appeared to catch their second (or twelfth) wind as they danced in-sync with the children...
While many other students were sleeping on Sunday morning, the dancers of DanceBlue were halfway through their 24-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping marathon that began Saturday evening at 8 p.m.Dancers filled...
UK’s 24-hour dance marathon, DanceBlue, will return for it’s 11th year on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. DanceBlue is a yearlong fundraising effort that leads up to the event of the year, where students...
