Back in August, we (the UNI DM Executive Team) sat down and planned out this past year of DM. We decided we wanted to do everything BIGGER and BETTER than we ever have before. We wanted everybody on campus to know what DM stood for and why we raise money for the kiddos we support. We wanted to engage the Cedar Falls and Waterloo communities and get them involved in our cause. We wanted to push our limits and do something that no other student group had ever done before at UNI, raise $225,000. Over the course of the year, we challenged the community, the student body and ourselves to go above and beyond in everything we did. We hosted new fundraising events, revamped old ones and overall,
Since August, we have been using #AM2DM on all of our advertising, social media posts, etc. and many have asked what it means. For that, we say, "Thank you." By asking what #AM2DM is, you opened up a dialogue about Dance Marathon. You started the conversation with somebody who you thought might know what it is and they were able to tell you about Dance Marathon and our cause. If you've been asking what it means but haven't got an answer yet, here it is. #AM2DM is a play on a.m. to p.m. which everybody knows to be all about time. a.m. to p.m., on a basic level, means all day. When we switch out the p.m. for DM, we are still referencing the all day factor, but throwing in the fact that all
As we are less than one week out from UNI Dance Marathon 2015, I think it is a good time to send out a note of encouragement and a couple challenges for all of you. So, since our organization revolves around kids, I thought this quote from my childhood was fitting for this topic. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it’s not.” – Dr. Seuss This very well represents what we do through Dance Marathon. We are not just a large group of UNI students that like to have fun, that are full of energy, and that wear a lot of orange. We are a group of people who want to do something meaningful and leave an impact on the next generation. To put it simply, we
