THON nets record $12.3 million, passes $100M all time

Penn State, you did it again. For the second consecutive year, THON, the school's annual fundraiser, set a record for money raised to help fight pediatric cancer. This year, the students' 46 straight hours of dancing, which concluded at 4 p.m. Sunday, resulted in $12.3 million. Add it all up, and since the event debuted in 1977, it's raised more than $100 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children?s Hospital.

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Here are some tweets about the event's success:

The THON 2013 total is $12,374,034.46 #ForTheKids

— Penn State THON? (@THON) February 17, 2013

#THON just raised $12,374,034.46 for the kids. That's the Penn State 'culture' I know.

— Dana O'Neil (@DanaONeilWriter) February 17, 2013

Thank you to every Penn Stater that help to raise $12.3million for pediatric cancer!! #FTK #WeAre

— Adam Taliaferro (@Tali43) February 17, 2013

The numbers from Penn State's THON are astounding. They raised $12.4 million for cancer research this weekend. That's dancing.

— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) February 17, 2013

Simply amazing! RT @THON: THON has now raised over $100 million for the Four Diamonds Fund. #FTK

— Patrick Chambers (@Coach_Chambers) February 17, 2013

That's over $101,000,000.00 since the beginning of THON!!! #PSU

— Garry Gilliam Jr. (@Garry_Gilliam) February 17, 2013

$101m raised all time by #THON. This is what "we are" is all about. So proud!

— Scott Paterno, Just a Guy (@ScottPaterno) February 17, 2013