By Megan Johnson and Peter Hyle
Recently, the FCDM coordinators held Miracle in a Minute, a new program to help raise money for Riley’s Children Hospital. The coordinators asked for any amount of money they’re able to receive in a minute from both FC students as well as Providence students.
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By Lauren Holstner
On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Dance Marathon was held. The Dance Marathon is a charity event to benefit the Riley’s Children Hospital. This is the second year FC had held the Dance Marathon.
“It was very successful,” said Tiffany Stansbury, the head of the committee for Dance Marathon.
The Dance Marathon was a fun and energetic event, that I personally loved. From the hot air balloon rides to dancing, this event had a magical feel that made everyone just want to have fun. The energy was great with Wii games and Kinect, along with its many bounce houses and act
ivities I was never bored.
The food was great and mostly donated, along with the shirts and the gifts for the kids. The best part of the whole thing was being able to say we were able raise part of the $24,503 to help all of the families who need it. Everyone who contributed to the Dance Marathon to make it so great has my thanks.
From the food to the final dance for the Riley kids, the entire day was amazing and I cannot wait for next year to see what new activities there will be and how much money we can raise. The Dance Marathon was incredible and even more people should come next year. The students and faculty who put this event together deserve to be thanked for all the hard work put in to make the Dance Marathon a success.
I know I cannot wait for next year and hope to see many more people there next year.
Photos by Bekah Landers
By Meghan Poff, Claire DeFrancisci, and Chase Gosman
Last night at the intramural dodgeball tournament, the Student Council was able to raise $480 for Saturday’s dance marathon.
Health teacher Julie Hutson, who came up with the concept of a dodgeball tournament, said for the first year of the event, it was very successful.
“I was happy that I was able to give students the opportunity to do something that they want to do and would have fun with,” said Hutson.
In the co-ed division, the teacher team won the championship.
Although math teacher Rebecca Cambron was hit early in the first game, she claims to have carried the team to victory.
“I took one for the team in that first one. But I will have you know that Jason VanBuren was later eliminated due to my throwing expertise,” said Cambron.
In the boys division, the championship went to Team 5 and 3/5, which consisted of seniors Chris Glotzbach, Jordan Thompson, Jacob Glotzbach, Quinton Miller, Shane Missi, and junior Kyle Neafus.
Chris recalls the final moments of the championship game.
“It was the third round and some versatile calls had gotten the teams heated up. It sparked a rivalry and we ended up meeting for the championship game. It was me against three of them, and I started calling people out. Then it was down to me and Mike Springer. I faked a throw and he fell to the ground, cowering in fear. In the fetal position. I hit him right on the head. It was an instant classic,” said Chris.
Two all-girl teams, The Purple Cobras and Average Joe’s, battled it out as The Purple Cobras scored early victories.
“It’s really been a team effort so far,” said sophomore Brooke Hinton.
Cambron suspects that with the popularity of this year’s tournament, the student council will be even more successful next year.
“After a long school day, dodgeball is a fun and good way to take out your aggression on kids that give you evil looks in English class,” said Chris.
By Rebekah Landers
As many students sign up to attend this Saturday’s Dance Marathon, some pose questions about what Riley actually does. English teacher Tiffany Stansbury is the creator of the event and she has all the information about it.
“Riley Children’s Hospital is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in Indiana, which means it is the only children’s hospital in the state that will handle any life threatening illness,” said Stansbury.
Paying for the treatments that Riley provides is a common problem for the families that receive the care. Riley tries its best to ensure that does not happen.
“The hospital also has a financial program so that if families go there and they don’t have health insurance or their insurance does not cover the treatment, they will pay the bills for them so when families leave they do not have to be in debt,” said Stansbury.
So the money that is raised from the Dance Marathon will go directly to help families pay for treatment. Last year the school raised $17,572.44.
“This year we set our goal at $15,000 so we will see if we make it,” said Stansbury.
To raise this money it takes a lot of group effort, one of the main groups that contributes to raising money for Riley is the student council.
“We have five different committees for Dance Marathon and one of them is recruitment so that group of 12 students are completely in charge of getting people to know about it and get people to the event, and they do everything from setting up tables at lunch, to having a flash mob, and presenting a video,” said Stansbury.
The Floyd Central Dance Marathon raises money for Riley Hospital and all of the proceeds go to the cause. Check back the rest of the week for more info on the event.
