{"502121":{"#nid":"502121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"For the Kids Recruiting for Annual Dance Marathon Fundraiser","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn March 5, Georgia Tech\u2019s For the Kids student organization hopes to have a thousand people from the Tech community gather in the Student Center to support children who have been or are currently being treated at Atlanta area children\u2019s hospitals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce again hosting its annual Dance Marathon event, For the Kids is inviting participation from across the campus community, including students, faculty, staff, and even their family members. The event is a fundraiser for Children\u2019s Miracle Network and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta. Some of the children and families who benefit from these organizations will be at the event.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a stress-free break, there\u2019s free food, and you actually get to see where the money goes by meeting some of the families,\u201d said Emma Mihevc, a biomedical engineering major and recruitment co-chair for the organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, the Tech community raised more than $100,000 through Dance Marathon. This year\u2019s event lasts from noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, but participants can stop in for all or part of the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u201cdance\u201d in Dance Marathon comes once an hour, when attendees take a few minutes to learn part of a choreographed dance. At the end of the event, everyone does the full dance together, and the event segues into an hour-long dance party.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the Kids is raising awareness in the coming weeks on Fridays around campus. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo join, start a team, or learn more, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.forthekidsgt.com\u0022\u003Ewww.forthekidsgt.com\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/GTDM2016\u0022\u003Ewww.tinyurl.com\/GTDM2016\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students hope to have a thousand people from the Tech community gather in the Student Center on March 5 for this annual event.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students hope to have a thousand people from the Tech community gather in the Student Center on March 5 for this annual event."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-02-17 15:06:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:46","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"502141":{"id":"502141","type":"image","title":"Dance Marathon 2015","body":null,"created":"1455904800","gmt_created":"2016-02-19 18:00:00","changed":"1475895261","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:21","alt":"Dance Marathon 2015","file":{"fid":"204740","name":"6657711_orig.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/6657711_orig_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/6657711_orig_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":57226,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/6657711_orig_0.jpg?itok=UXja2CO9"}}},"media_ids":["502141"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.forthekidsgt.com\/","title":"GT For the Kids"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/GTDM2016","title":"Dance Marathon at Georgia Tech 2016"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"397","name":"children"},{"id":"9721","name":"Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta"},{"id":"29281","name":"dance marathon"},{"id":"171730","name":"for the kids"},{"id":"3397","name":"fun"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}