UDANCE 2013 RAISED $551,051.61 FOR OUR HEROES!!!
Many thanks to all who supported us and helped us reach our goal!

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Apply to be on the 2013-14 UDance Executive Board! Applications are due Friday, April 5th
at 5pm. A hard copy needs to be dropped off to the UDance mailbox in 227 Trabant
(Greek Office) and also needs to be emailed to udance14@gmail.com! Click here to download it!

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UDance, hosted at the University of Delaware, is a 12-hour philanthropic dance marathon that unifies the campus community and raises awareness about pediatric cancer. It's the university's largest student-run philanthropy and has raised over $1.4 million in 7 years of existence. This past year alone we surpassed half a million dollars, raising over $550,000. These donations have benefited The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation, which supports medical research for families of critically ill children across the country.

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• 46 children are diagnosed with cancer every school day.
• 2300 children & teenagers will die each year from cancer.
• Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States, 1 to 14 years of age.
• The incidence of pediatric cancer is up 29% in 20 years.
• Childhood cancer survivor rates in the U.S. have increased from less than 20% in the 1960's to almost 80% today - we hope someday we can make it 100%.
• The average age of death for a child with cancer is 8, causing a child to lose 69 years of expected life.
• Cancer occurs regularly, randomly and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region.
• Only one new cancer drug has been approved for pediatric cancer treatment in the past 20 years.
• Treatment leaves 60% of survivors with long-term health issues, from organ damage to high risk of secondary cancer.
• Childhood cancer research is often underfunded.

Join UDance's campaign to find out WHY UDANCE!

There are plenty of reasons to fight childhood cancer, and we want to know yours. Send your photos to udanceinteractivemedia@gmail.com. You'll be added to our Facebook album and a slideshow that will be played the day of!