“I want to congratulate everyone who took part and supported Dance Marathon at FSU this year, as we are on a winning streak!” said College of Medicine Dean Dr. Alma B. Littles, who hosted the check presentation ceremony and ice cream social that followed. “This is the 10th year Dance Marathon at FSU has raised more than $1 million.”
It is one of the top five CMNH dance marathons nationally and in July, was recognized with the Participant Activation Award for using “strategic planning and communication to recruit, inspire, educate and motivate participants to become active peer-to-peer fundraisers,” Littles added.
Dr. Rashmin Savani, chair of the University of Florida’s College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, as well as physician-in-chief for UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, was one of several UF Health and CMNH leaders who made the drive from Gainesville for the celebration, including Heather Mears, executive director of Children’s and Hospital Fundraising; Stephanie Nicholas, associate director of development for UF Health; Jessica Layne, director, and Kaley Krick, development associate, at CMNH.