Penn State’s Virtual THON Raises More Than $10 Million To Fight Childhood Cancer
This year, the event went virtual and still raised more than $10 million to fight childhood cancer.
[Feb. 22, 2021: KDKA-TV News Staff]
The pandemic hasn’t stopped Penn State students from raising a lot of money for charity.
This past weekend would normally have been full of dancing in State College.
It’s the annual THON fundraiser.
And the total for THON 2021, Rise and Unify, is...$10,638,078.62! pic.twitter.com/RLrWhXDCMT
— Penn State THON™ (@THON) February 21, 2021
This year, the event went virtual and still raised more than $10 million to fight childhood cancer.
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