{"id":74908,"date":"2018-02-22T13:59:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T19:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=74908"},"modified":"2018-02-22T14:39:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:39:57","slug":"ole-miss-students-hope-break-record-rebelthon-dance-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/ole-miss-students-hope-break-record-rebelthon-dance-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss Students Hope to Break Record at RebelTHON Dance Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_74977\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/ole-miss-students-hope-break-record-rebelthon-dance-marathon\/ucimg-13\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74977\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74977\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74977\" src=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/UCIMG-13-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"168\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/UCIMG-13-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/UCIMG-13-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/UCIMG-13.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/UCIMG-13-580x326.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UM students dance for 12 hours during RebelTHON to raise money for Blair E. Batson Children\u2019s Hospital. Photo by Thomas Graning\/Ole Miss Communications.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/olemiss.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Mississippi<\/a> students are hoping to once again surpass their previous fundraising efforts for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ummchealth.com\/Batson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blair E. Batson Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UM Medical Center<\/a> in Jackson through the sixth&nbsp;annual RebelTHON dance marathon this weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">Last year, Ole Miss students danced nonstop during the 12-hour event and raised more than $172,000 for the hospital. This year, the goal is $225,000<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">The event begins at 3 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 24) at the Turner Center, Each hour, participating students will hear from families about their experiences at Batson. The visiting children and families will join in the dancing and play games with students throughout the marathon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">&#8220;I first registered as a last-minute dancer my sophomore year and fell in love with it,&#8221; said Hailey Cooper, a senior <a href=\"https:\/\/english.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a> major from Madison and RebelTHON president. &#8220;It&#8217;s always a great time for patients and it&#8217;s just fun to treat them like rock stars for the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">Registration is open for the event until the end, when the total announced at 3 a.m. The registration fee is $25, and participants are asked to raise $100 to dance the entire time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">Community hours for the event are 6 to 9 p.m., where anyone can pay $5 to experience the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">Cooper said she hopes the money raised by Ole Miss students will help fund Batson&#8217;s $180 million project to provide space for private neonatal intensive care units, pediatric intensive care units, additional operating rooms and imaging services designed to diagnose and treat children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\">To register, visit&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelthon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.rebelthon.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 University of Mississippi students are hoping to once again surpass their previous fundraising efforts for Blair E. 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