UK Employee Dance Party Raises Donation for DanceBlue

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 20, 2017) — Celebrating its third year, the DanceBlue University of Kentucky Staff and Faculty DanceBlue Dance Party raised $8,308 last Thursday. The Best Spirit team prize went to UK HealthCare at Alumni Drive for raising more than $2,787 the day of the event.  

DanceBlue, University of Kentucky’s 24-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping dance marathon, is one of the largest student-run philanthropies in the Southeastern Conference. DanceBlue raised more than $1.8 million in support the children and families battling pediatric cancer in the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic.