The University of Toledo Dance Marathon is a non-profit, student-run organization that plans and executes a 16-hour marathon in which hundreds of students dance, without sleeping or sitting, to raise funds for rehabilitation programs at St. Vincent Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo. Since 2002, UT Dance Marathon has raised over $150,000 for the kids! Dance Marathon is one of the largest student-run philanthropic organizations at UT. Dance Marathon hosts hundreds of spectators each year, including the families and children that benefit from DM’s proceeds. During Dance Marathon, dancers are faced with both mental and physical challenges that put into perspective what the children treated at Mercy Children’s Hospital have to go through on a daily basis. This charitable event benefits The Children’s Miracle Network.