With just one rule in effect -- "No sitting!" -- a standing-room only crowd is anticipated for Chimes' first Dance Marathon, to be held Feb. 26-27. The 14-hour event, which will include students from Washington University, St. Louis University and Fontbonne College, will benefit the Children's Miracle Network and Cardinal Glennon and St. Louis Children's hospitals.
Hoping to raise $15,000, University students have been engaged in a month of fundraising activities, ranging from silent auctions to donut sales to bowling parties.
In a final fund drive geared toward the University community, two local bookstores -- the Washington University Campus Store in Mallinckrodt and Left Bank Books at 399 North Euclid Ave. -- are donating a percentage of their profits to Dance Marathon. Left Bank Books will make a donation for purchases made Saturday, Feb. 19, while the window for Campus Store purchases is Monday, Feb. 21, through Friday, Feb. 25.
Anyone interested in making direct donations can contact Dance Marathon public relations chair Yasmin Minstry at 935-1851.
