Burlington, Vt. – On March 28, hundreds of University of Vermont students, faculty, and community members danced the night away to raise funds and awareness for Golisano Children’s Hospital at University of Vermont Health.

RALLYTHON, UVM’s Children’s Miracle Network Dance Marathon, raised $101,383.85 by midnight during their 12-hour Dance Marathon. On Tuesday, April 21, RALLYTHON’s student leadership team will present a check to Lewis First, MD, chief of Pediatrics at Golisano Children’s Hospital.

Now in its eleventh year, RALLYTHON has raised a total of $1,138,505.53 for Golisano Children’s Hospital at UVM Health. The event is part of a movement of more than 300 colleges and universities across the country that come together to raise money for their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Funds raised by RALLYTHON support special programs and services, life-saving equipment, education, and research. Most notably, donations from RALLYTHON support Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Child Life Program – a program specially tailored to help children and their families cope with stress associated with medical appointments, prepare for procedures and understand their care in age-appropriate terms.

RALLYTHON is planned and executed by a committee of 25 students from across campus.

“These students have been working tirelessly all year to reach this goal and the impact they have made on this community due to their incredible dedication to this program and its mission cannot be overstated,” said Wendy Finn, community fundraising specialist for the UVM Medical Center Foundation.

The team is extremely thankful to their local community partners that help make their event the success that it is, especially their top sponsors this year: Redstone Lofts, Shaw’s Supermarkets, and North Country Federal Credit Union.

Golisano Children’s Hospital 
111 Colchester Ave.
Burlington, VT 05405 

University of Vermont Health
40 IDX Drive
South Burlington, VT 05403

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About Golisano Children’s Hospital at University of Vermont Health

From the maternity unit to the emergency department and from our Children’s Specialty Center to our pediatric primary care clinics, Golisano Children’s Hospital at University of Vermont Health offers a welcoming child and family-friendly atmosphere with high-quality pediatric care. In partnership with University of Vermont Medical Center, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Golisano Children’s Hospital at UVM Health delivers expert care grounded in the latest research to residents throughout Vermont and northern New York. It is fully accredited by the Children’s Hospital Association. For more information, please visit www.uvmhealth.org/childrens or contact us at 802-847-0000.

About University of Vermont Health

University of Vermont Health is a rural academic health system with more than 100 years of service to small towns and cities across Vermont and northern New York. We are deeply committed to reimagining rural health in ways that will benefit our communities for generations to come and keep exceptional care close to home. Our system includes an academic medical center, two community hospitals, three critical access hospitals, a children’s hospital, a cancer center, a multispecialty medical group, 154 outpatient sites and care beyond the hospital through home health, hospice care, four skilled nursing facilities and other support services. Our care is informed by an essential partnership with University of Vermont’s The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine and College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Together, as a health system serving a rural area, we are tackling health care’s biggest challenges — supporting the communities we serve and investing in our employees by addressing housing affordability, quality childcare and professional development needs. To learn more, visit us at www.uvmhealth.org.