If you noticed a bounce house in the SAC on Wednesday night, don’t worry– it was a part of girls’ social club Gamma Lambda’s Spring Fling.
Cornhole, carnival games and a giant yellow balloon took over the SAC in order to raise money and support Monroe Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network.
“Dance marathons are something that colleges across the country do to raise money for their local children’s miracle network hospitals,” said Katie Holliday, who put on the event for Gamma Lambda.
Miracle Network Dance Marathon is a movement uniting high school, university and college students across the country and beyond to help raise money for their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. In 2015, over 25 million dollars was raised. Gamma Lambda’s event was closely affiliated to Dance Marathon.
Not only did they have great carnival games and a raffle, they also had DJ Rio come DJ the event.
“He is actually a student here at Lipscomb University, and he is a member of Sigma Iota Delta.” Holliday said.
The raffle included items like tickets to Nashville Predators’ games, tickets to Atlanta Braves’ games and gift cards to local boutiques and restaurants.
When asked why they decided to partner with the Children’s Miracle Network, Holliday said, “Our President had looked into it and had gotten into contact with people at the hospital, and just got more info about it. It sounded like something we would be interested in, and we just really wanted to help out the hospital.”
According to their website, the Children’s Miracle Network raises awareness and funds for 170 member hospitals that provide over 32 million treatments to kids every year across the United States and Canada. Every donation stays local to fund healthcare services, critical treatments, charitable care and pediatric medical equipment. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals have raised more than $5 billion since 1983.
“We’ve raised a lot of money so far, and we hope to raise a lot more.”