UMaine Miracle Network Dance Marathon raises $75,000 for local hospital
This year’s University of Maine Miracle Network Dance Marathon raised $75,235.55 to help a Bangor hospital support local children.
The event, which in 2015 became the largest community fundraiser on campus, surpassed last year’s total of $70,599.99.
More than 300 students took part in the 12-hour event at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Participants danced, played games and visited with children who have received treatment at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, an EMHS Foundation Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.
Funds raised will be donated to Eastern Maine Medical Center’s new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), currently under construction.