KNIGHT-THON 2015 Mark your Calendars… Mr. and Miss Knight-Thon Pageant Do you love spreading the FTK spirit? Are you knowledgeable on CMN Hospital facts? Are you a previous participant of Knight-Thon? If so, then the first annual Mr. and Miss Knight-Thon Pageant is for you! #100DaysofKT Our big event is quickly approaching! On December 18th, it will officially be 100 days until Knight-Thon 2015! On this specific day, we are DARING you to: 1. Post a picture and caption about Knight-Thon on Instagram. Applications are open NOW and close on January 16th. You can find them on Knight Connect. If you have any questions, please contact Event Entertainment Director, Jackie LaLonde at KTEventEntertainment@ucf .edu. Countdown to Knight-Thon The big day is in 112 days! 2. Include the hashtags #100DaysofKT and #TeamNameisFTK 3. Earn 4 awareness points per post (1/person)! If your profile is on private, your team captain is responsible for emailing a screenshot of your post to Stefanie Scalish at [email protected]. MIRACLE CHILD SPOTLIGHT: HAPPY HOLID FROM KT! Before Grace was born, her parents knew she would be born without hands or feet. However, they did not know she would be born in stage IV renal failure with kidneys that were well underdeveloped and cystic. The doctors told them Grace had only a 50/50 chance of making it to her first birthday. To have a chance to keep Grace alive, they needed to get her to 20 pounds so she would be able to receive a kidney transplant. Throughout the lengthy process of getting Grace healthy, her parents remained positive, resolving to have the attitude that she would be okay. Grace went through 11 hospitalizations, four trips to the ER, and four surgeries at Shands Children’s Hospital at UF during the first couple years of her life. After two years of managing the kidney disease, Grace was able to receive a kidney transplant. December 2014 Volume 1 Issue 8 Staff Applications have Re-opened Knight-Thon Staff Team applications are now officially reopened until January! As a member of the staff team, you: -- Get the “Knight-Thon Experience” without the 20 hour stand! -- Attend mandatory meetings during the Spring Semester. -- Volunteer for 5-10 hour shifts to set up, facilitate, and break down KnightThon. -- Fundraise/Earn points for the team you’re participating with. Find the application on Knight Connect today! For more questions, contact Josh Winograd at [email protected]. ZETA TAU ALPHA Zeta Tau Alpha team captain Haille Hardison has done an incredible job of motivating her team to register on Donor Drive, come to partial proceeds, and be involved with everything Knight-Thon has to offer! Their participation is higher than it has ever been! Great job, ZTA, and keep being FTK! Omega Phi Alpha Omega Phi Alpha is one of the top 3 fundraising RSOs on Donor Drive, with over $1,150 already raised FTK. Thank you for all of your hard work. Congratulations to their team captain, Amber McConnell! HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM KT! Grace disease, Grace was able to receive a kidney transplant. Grace received an adult sized kidney from a 17-year-old young man. Grace's Transplant surgery was her first time being treated at Shands Children's Hospital and she was there for 21 days due to the complications that arose. After the transplant, she developed a complete bowel obstruction which is why the surgeons had to perform another surgery to shift all of her abdominal organs to one side and make room for her new kidney on the other side because it was so big. She is now 6 and over halfway through her Kindergarten year. She loves school and is doing great. She loves to play on the playground and ride her bike. She is an excellent reader and loves to be surrounded with books. GREEK/RSO SHOUT OUT! playground and ride her bike. She is an excellent reader and loves to be surrounded with books. She has also begun taking dance classes recently and really enjoys it. She is a great big sister to our 1 year old daughter, Jordyn. They play together a lot and Grace always wants to teach her things and make her laugh. The entire Leadership Team would like to say thank you for your devotion to the kids. Your efforts and donations truly impact the lives of sick kids in the hospital. For that, all dancers need to be shown some appreciation! Thank you for giving the world a reason to dance. From our Knight-Thon family to yours, Happy Holidays! DANCER DARES Since our theme is “DARE to Make a Difference,” our Leadership Team will be daring YOU the following over Winter Break: Is the company that your parents work for having a holiday party? We DARE you to bring a bucket! Are you having a high school reunion with old friends? We DARE you to tell them about Knight-Thon and ask them to donate to your Donor Drive! We DARE you to text/email/Facebook message 10 people that you haven’t contacted before for donations. We DARE you to create a Facebook event to tell people that you will do something you have never tried before, or something that scares you, if you hit a certain goal by the end of break. We DARE you to host a bake sale for donations FTK! This holiday season, we DARE you to ask your family members and friends to give you the gift of helping others. Ask for donations FTK for the holidays! We DARE you to spread KT awareness by participating in our #100DaysofKT points opportunity! We DARE you to keep checking all Knight-Thon social media accounts. The kids in the hospital don’t take a break, and neither do we! AND THE WINNERS ARE… Last newsletter, DR Operations Director, Kelly Lippman, asked “Every hour, CMN Hospitals help ___ kids with cancer.” The answer is 92! The first 5 teams to answer correctly and earn 8 points are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Theta Chi Pi Beta Phi Alpha Epsilon Phi Beta Theta Pi Student Nursing Association Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all of the teams that participated. TEAM CAPTAINS: Keep Do YOU accept the dare to be FTK this Winter Break? STAY IN THE KNOW www.Knight-Thon.com Like us on Facebook: KnightThon at the University of Central Florida Follow us on Twitter: @KnightThonUCF Follow us on Instagram: @KnightThonUCF For more information about this newsletter, contact Kelly Lippman at [email protected] your eyes posted for an email from Kelly with your total points for Fall Semester. OUR MISSION The mission of Knight-Thon, the University of Central Florida’s Dance Marathon, is to educate, inspire, and unite our campus and community to provide ongoing support for Greater Orlando Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Through our efforts, we will forever stand for the families we are privileged to serve. For The Kids We Are.
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