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Nov. 48 0cncer Recrutment Week
0o you have what It takes to dance
In the 2014 |arathon: We'll be In the
PIt all week to answer questIons and
regIster dancers. SIgn up by Nov. 8 at
8 p.m. at uncmcrcthon.ory/dcnce.
Nov. 14 0cte Aucton
Alpha PhI Alpha and 0elta SIgma
Theta are havIng a date auctIon
benetIng UNC0|. |ore detaIls wIll
be announced on our blog.
Nov. 1415 Dmeyc Sports Percentcye 0cy
7IsIt the 0urham locatIon eIther of
these two days for a portIon of the
proceeds to benet UNC0|.
Nov. 181 All0cncer Meetnys
0ancers, watch for an emaIl wIth
more detaIls about your rst meetIng.
Nov. 21 APD Pcnccke 0nner
Alpha PhI Dmega Is a havIng a dInner
benetIng UNC0| from 5:J07:J0
p.m. TIckets are S5.
Nov. 21 Tccky Swecter Pcrty
Come to Players from 10 p.m. 2
a.m to start celebratIng the holIdays
rIght. TIckets are SJ over/S5 under.
Nov. 22 P Kcpp 8enet 0nner
PI Kappa PhI Is havIng a dInner
benetIng UNC0|. |ore detaIls wIll
be announced on our blog.
f you have any questIons, comments, concerns, please contact 2014 PublIcIty ChaIr Fenee |ontpetIt, at publIcIty@uncdm.org.
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FInd out how the second annual 5K
FTK and Fun Fun went.
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JunIor Sarah 0umas Is on the
EntertaInment commIttee, learn
more!
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Crant SpotIIght
ThIs month, we're featurIng our 6
ChIldren's Young grant.
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TrIck or Treat for KIds Who Can't
CommIttee members raIsed
S4,255.07 In just two days!

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A CappeIIa Jam
FIve a cappella groups had a
benet concert wIth all proceeds
benetIng UNC0|.

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0ancer PecruItment Week
Learn from past dancers about why
you should sIgn up for the 2014
UNC 0ance |arathon today.

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November Newsletter !
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NC students and
communIty members
alIke woke up early on
a Saturday mornIng and
laced up theIr tennIs
shoes to support UNC 0ance |arathon
by partIcIpatIng In the second annual
5K FTK and Fun Fun on Nov. 2.
ThIs year, 500 people regIstered
to run In eIther the 1mIle Fun Fun
or In the 5K. The numbers were
up from last year when 400 people
regIstered. Kelsey 0avIs, DperatIons
CommIttee ChaIr, saId she was happy
wIth the turnout of the event.
"We had both an Increase In
regIstratIons and runners who
nIshed the race," she saId.
0avIs saId It seemed that there
was a larger turnout from the
communIty thIs year, addIng that
students made up the majorIty of
the partIcIpants last year.
"ThIs year one of our goals was
to get communIty members more
Involved, and thInk we were able to
accomplIsh that goal," 0avIs saId.
0avIs, whose commIttee planned
the event, saId she loves the Idea of
a 5K because It Is dIfferent from any
other event that UNC0| puts on,
whIch she thInks Is excItIng.
ThIs year the Fun
Fun was themed
"Follow the Yellow
8rIck Foad" and
featured specIal
vIsIts from
Scarecrow, TIn
|an, the Cowardly
LIon and 0orothy, herself! Fun
runners were encouraged along the
route by the WIzard of Dz characters
and greeted at the end by Famses,
who was cheerIng on all the runners.
KId cocaptaIns Jake EllIs, True
Wells and Teddy Zug and theIr famIlIes
attended to make the day extra
specIal. 10yearold Scott CIllIam, a
frIend of UNC0|, sang the natIonal
anthem to kIck off the race.
NatalIe Thomas, a senIor at
UNC, saId she partIcIpated In the 5K
because she wanted to support one
of her frIends who Is very Involved
wIth UNC0|.
"t seems lIke a great communIty
event," she saId.
StephanIe 8ohlIng, a pallIatIve
care nurse at N.C. ChIldren's
HospItal, spoke before the race
to offer some InspIratIon to the
partIcIpants.
"Please remember that what
you're doIng does a lot for the lIttle
people In North CarolIna," she saId.
The pallIatIve care program Is
funded by one of UNC0|'s 1J grants
benetIng the patIents and famIlIes
served by N.C. ChIldren's HospItal.
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Photo by Ern Meyer Dnce a month,
commIttee members host a themed
socIal event for the patIents at N.C.
ChIldren's HospItal. ActIvItIes Include
games, crafts and face paIntIng. Dn
Dctober 1J, the Campus FundraIsIng and
CommunIty Events commIttees hosted.
Photo by Sr Sure |embers of the Dutreach
commIttee went to Ephesus Elementary School on
Dct. 25 for a mInImarathon. 0urIng thIs event, the
kIds played games and learned about the Importance
of gIvIng back to the communIty. They also made cards
that were gIven to patIents at N.C. ChIldren's HospItal
durIng Halloween at the HospItal on Dct. J1.
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Photo by Kendcll Clcrk The ExecutIve
8oard and HospItal commIttee brought
Halloween to N.C. ChIldren's HospItal on
Dct. J1 wIth holIdayrelated actIvItIes.
They paInted pumpkIns wIth patIents,
gave them goody bags and made masks.
unIor Sarah 0umas has
been Involved wIth
UNC 0ance |arathon as
both a dancer and an
EntertaInment commIttee
member for three years.
She decIded to get Involved
wIth UNC0| after seeIng how
enthusIastIc all the commIttee
members were In the PIt and at
FallFest.
"What sets UNC0| apart from
other organIzatIons Is that you
can see the dIrect Impact of the
grants on the chIldren as well as
theIr famIlIes," 0umas saId. "8eIng
Involved In UNC0| means that get
the best of both worlds get to
work towards a greater cause, and
am havIng fun whIle doIng It!"
ThIs year, 0umas hopes to raIse
more money than she dId last year
and to sIgn up at least 15 other
dancers.
Her overall goal for UNC0| Is to
get more people both on campus
and throughout the communIty
Involved so that more patIents and
famIlIes can be helped.
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"|y favorIte part of UNC0| Is
beIng able to meet new people who
are all workIng towards the same
goal, [raIsIng] money for the kIds,"
she saId.
"[At the marathon] my favorIte
part Is gettIng the opportunIty to
dance wIth some of the [kId co
captaIns]. would suggest to any
new dancers to denItely stIck
around the dance oor whIle the kIds
are at the |arathon!"
Sarah Is also a member of Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
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Photo by Ern Meyer JunIor Sarah 0umas (thIrd from left) steppIng wIth her sororIty, Alpha
Kappa Alpha, at the 201J |arathon. 0umas has been Involved wIth UNC0| as both a dancer
and an EntertaInment commIttee member for three years.
he sIxth oor of N.C.
ChIldren's HospItal Is
where patIents of a
varIety of condItIons
stay for long and often
repeated hospItalIzatIons.
These vIsIts lead to a lot of stress
and expenses for food and parkIng
for the caregIvers. For example,
the average length of stay at the
hospItal Is 5 days, whIch adds up to
at least S105 for meals and S40 for
parkIng of one vehIcle.
ThIs grant wIll provIde 10
sleepIng pads, J65 days' worth of
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parkIng vouchers and one pIece of
exercIse equIpment for caregIvers of
pedIatrIc patIents on the sIxth oor
of N.C. ChIldren's HospItal.
The avaIlabIlIty of these resources
wIll Improve the emotIonal and
physIcal wellbeIng of caregIvers
by provIdIng a more comfortable
sleepIng optIon, makIng exercIse
more accessIble and allevIatIng
some of the nancIal burden. They
are then able to focus better on
theIr chIld's health wIthout theIr
own needs affectIng theIr day as
much.
"ThIs grant really focuses on
makIng sure the one person who Is
gIvIng up everythIng to be there for
theIr chIldren Is also havIng a way of
beIng taken care of," saId HospItal
ChaIr Candace Centry.
The sleepIng pads, exercIse
equIpment and parkIng vouchers
are small pIeces that make a huge
dIfference In the caregIver's day.
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UNC Dance Marathon
@UNCDM
UNC Dance Marathon is the largest student-run fundraiser at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Our efforts beneht the patients and families at N.C. Childrens Hospital.
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Ions, and tIgers, and
bears, oh my! ThIs year,
154 UNC0| commIttee
members donned varIous
costumes and took to the
streets For the KIds.
CommIttee members partIcIpated
In TrIckorTreatIng For KIds Who
Can't on Sunday, Dct. 28, and on
Wednesday, Dct. J0. The goal of the
event Is to spread awareness about
the organIzatIon, whIle collectIng
donatIons toward the yearly grants.
8rendan Leonard, FundraIsIng
Projects ChaIr for UNC0|, saId
trIckortreatIng Is tradItIonally
one of FundraIsIng Projects' bIggest
events of the year.
" really thInk that's because It
connects people back to the cause In
ways that our other cannIng events
don't necessarIly do," he saId.
"The way we explaIn the event
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Is that we are trIckortreatIng In
honor of kIds at N.C. ChIldren's who
cannot thIs year, and thInk that
really resonates wIth people."
Joann Flaherty, a CommunIty Events
commIttee member, trIckortreated
for the second year In a row thIs year.
She saId she lIked the event
because It Is an awesome way to get
the communIty Involved and to reach
out to people who may not have
heard about UNC0| otherwIse.
" really lIke trIckortreatIng
because It Is somethIng that Is a part
of most people's chIldhood," Flaherty
saId. "t means a lot to me to be able
to represent the kIds who can't trIck
or treat thIs year."
Leonard saId he was very happy
wIth how the event turned out.
"ThIs year we were able to raIse
S4,255.07 over the course of the two
days, whIch Is a fantastIc amount
that am stIll amazed by."
Photo by Tcrc D'Connor CommIttee members
trIckortreated Dct. 28 and Dct. J0 to raIse
money toward UNC0|'s yearly grants.
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8y ElIsabeth |cFarland
cappella and UNC0|.
What could be a better
combInatIon:
FIve UNC a cappella
groups came together to
support UNC0| In a benet concert
Nov. 1 at UnIversIty 8aptIst Church.
A Cappella Jam was hosted by
Tar Heel 7oIces, UNC WalkDns, the
Achordants, Cadence and Psalm
100. All of the proceeds from the
event beneted UNC0|.
Trevor KaIwa PhIllIps and Alec
0ragelIn, both from Psalm 100,
served as emcees for the event.
The groups sang a few songs
each, IncludIng 8eyonc's "KIllIng
|e Softly" by UNC WalkDns and a
mash up of 0aft Punk's "Cet Lucky"
and JustIn TImberlake's "SuIt and
TIe" by the Achordants.
UNC0| EntertaInment ChaIr |ary
|orrIs saId the event was really the
braInchIld of PhIllIps and Psalm 100.
"They dId a lot of the logIstIcal
heavy lIftIng In terms of plannIng
thIs event," she saId. "We were
goIng to try and put together
somethIng lIke It for the sprIng, but
when Trevor approached me about
us workIng together, was more than
happy to say yes."
|orrIs saId she sees thIs event
happenIng for years to come.
"Even more than that, see
thIs expandIng and becomIng an
establIshed campus maInstay event,"
she saId. "The fact that thIs was only
the rst year and It was as successful
as It was really speaks to how much
people love a cappella musIc and
UNC0|."
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Photo by Amy Tsc Tar Heel 7oIces performIng at A Cappella Jam on Nov. 1 at UnIversIty
8aptIst Church. All of the proceeds from the event beneted UNC0|.
HospItal to be wIth hIm when he Is
able. The famIly struggles nancIally,
especIally due to the cost of gas
Incurred by drIvIng to and from the
hospItal and theIr home, whIch Is In
rural N.C.
Cas assIstance through the For the
KIds Fund has helped to ease some
of that stress and allow thIs young
boy's famIly to be wIth hIm whIle he
Is hospItalIzed.
Ick had a traumatIc
accIdent on a four
wheeler years ago. As
a result, the 11year
old has frequent
hospItal admIssIons due to the
complIcated health needs he has as
a result of hIs prevIous InjurIes.
HIs mother accompanIes hIm
durIng hospItalIzatIons and hIs
father comes to N.C. ChIldren's
o you want to check
another Item off your
UNC bucket lIst, have
fun wIth more than
1,600 new frIends and
make a dIfference In someone else's
lIfe: f so, you're In luck!
Nov. 48 Is 0ancer FecruItment
Week for the 24hour UNC 0ance
|arathon |arch 2122, 2014.
0urIng thIs Important week for
UNC0|, more than 1,600 students
wIll pledge to stand for 24 hours
and raIse at least S150 to help
the patIents and famIlIes at N.C.
ChIldren's HospItal.
SenIor CynthIa 8etubIza Is a
current member of the |orale and
FecruItment commIttee who has
eIther danced or been a |orale
CaptaIn for the past three years.
She saId that standIng for 24 hours
Is a way to not only show nancIal
support, but also emotIonal support
for the famIlIes.
To help recruIt dancers, members
of all 1J UNC0| commIttees can
be found In the PIt holdIng sIgns
and answerIng questIons |onday
through FrIday from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. n addItIon, 8etubIza and
other members of the |orale and
FecruItment commIttee, dressed In
costumes related to thIs year's faIry
tale theme, wIll perform a specIally
choreographed dance once every
hour to help get students excIted
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about becomIng a dancer.
For those who have never danced
before, sIgnIng up mIght seem lIke a
dauntIng challenge. However, many
of those who have danced before,
especIally other senIors lIke 8etubIza
who have danced each year durIng theIr
tIme at UNC, say that the experIence Is
denItely not one to be mIssed.
SenIor AllI Engel has been a dancer
for the past three years and plans to
be a fouryear dancer. She saId that It
Is easy to understand why people care
so much about the cause and keep
comIng back to dance year after year.
"t's the most fun, seless act that
've ever been a part of, and 'm
proud to say that 've been able to be
a dancer for the past three years,"
saId Engel. "No amount of lost sleep Is
more precIous than the memorIes that
've made at 0ance |arathon."
8etubIza agrees wIth Engel, sayIng
that partIcIpatIng In the marathon
has been one of the most rewardIng
challenges of her lIfe.
" keep comIng back to UNC
0| year after year because am
consIstently amazed at the sense
of solIdarIty that UNC0| creates
between dancers and the patIents
and famIlIes of the N.C. ChIldren's
HospItal," saId 8etubIza.
t Is also Important for potentIal
dancers to know that dancIng Is not
requIred durIng the entIre marathon.
SInce there are two gyms at the event,
one for performances and dancIng and
the other for dIfferent actIvItIes, there
are always lots of optIons for how
to have fun at the marathon. From
basketball games and board games, to
cake walks and crafts, there truly Is
somethIng for everyone.
n addItIon, some other marathon
hIghlIghts Include watchIng
performances by many of UNC's best
campus groups, seeIng the sun rIse
above Kenan StadIum and meetIng each
team's kId cocaptaIn who has dIrectly
benetted from UNC0|'s servIces.
"For future dancers, would say
denItely gIve dancIng a shot,"
saId Engel. "People who don't try
It never nd out what a worthwhIle
experIence It Is."
f you have any questIons about how
to regIster, come to the PIt thIs week
for help or emaIl morale@uncdm.org.
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