The 4th Annual PirateThon Raises Over $8,900 for the Valerie Fund
Written By: Melissa Vega
On March 12th the Gerald P. Buccino ’63 Center for Leadership Development hosted its 4th annual 12 hour dance marathon, PirateThon for The Valerie Fund, a local non-profit that supports children with cancer and blood disorders. With the generosity of council members and students, the team raised $3,110.00. With the support of various student organizations, sponsors and donors, PirateThon as whole raised over $8,900 for the children of The Valerie Fund!
The Valerie Fund Executive Director-Barry Kirschner, PirateThon Director- Melissa Vega and Buccino Center Director-Mike Reuter, posing with The Valerie Fund patients at PirateThon.
Congratulations to the PirateThon Board and members of the team listed below who coordinated a successful and memorable PirateThon!
Aaron Varghese
Amanda Sulkosky
Briana Glass
Brooks Mencke
Burak Eraslan
Collin Bailey
Matthew Gilbert
Megan Sundberg
Melissa Vega
Noel Girgenti
Sahil Sharma
Samantha Seitz
Sophia Joseph
Stephanie Nwaiwu
Victoria Elter
Students participated in various roles in Community Outreach, Donor & Alumni Relations, Entertainment, Servant Leadership and Volunteer Management. Together they arranged an exciting celebratory PirateThon event for over 200 students. The event included live entertainment, games, an athlete fashion show, blackout hour, karaoke, raffles every hour and more!
To read more about PirateThon check out the PirateThon Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PirateThon/?fref=ts