By Ryan Morgan
Penn State’s IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon theme for THON 2011 was “Together Without Limits” and this is the attitude Alpha Delta took with us this year. Not doing as well as we had hoped in 2010, we really wanted to put forth a strong effort this year. We had two dancers this year, both seniors, Nathan Peck and Francesco Gordon. They did a great job and will remember take that experience with them for the rest of their lives. This year we were able to raise the highest total the Alpha Delta Chapter has ever raised. Our final total was $32,926.12. We would like to thank everyone who has supported us and supported THON.
This year we were able to get a THON family. Our THON child’s name is Nick Tafel. He is 9 years old and is in remission. His mother, father and grandmother were attended THON in February. All the brothers really enjoyed hanging out with Nick, getting into squirt gun battles and just getting to know him and his family.
The chapter was very enthusiastic throughout the entire year, going on canning trips, participating in THON events and fundraisers, and sending THONvelopes. All the efforts of the chapter were celebrated together at THON this past weekend. THON is always a great bonding experience between all the brothers. We all don’t get to be together as an entire group that often because we don’t have a chapter house, so THON is one time of the year we can all share the amazing experience of THON together, supporting our dancers, playing with our THON child, hearing the family’s stories and celebrating an amazing accomplishment.
In this photo: GM Mike Vough with our THON child Nick Tafel.