Cav-A-Thon hosts ‘Spirit Night’ at Chick-fil-A

By Maddie Logue
March 14, 2018

Captains David Gall and Chelsea Jones setting up for the fundraising event. Photo by Maddie Logue.

On March 6 Cabrini students decided to “eat more chicken” to raise money for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The committee of Cav-A-Thon are working with Chick fil-A. Every purchase a person made, 15 percent went towards CHOP and the overall fundraiser.

Cabrini women’s soccer team supporting spirit night. Photo from Twitter: @cavathon.

Chick-fil-A’s website allowed students to reach out to the company and request a donation to their cause as a way to give the students another opportunity to raise money for the event.

For the first time ever, Cabrini University will be hosting  Cav-a-Thon, a six hour dance marathon to fundraise for children’s cancer. The goal is to raise $10,000 before March 24. The event will take place in the Dixon Center from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.

“This year is the first year doing Cabrini Cav-a-Thon. Cabrini Cav-a-Thon was named after Mitch Kline. He was the softball coach that passed from cancer,” Brittany Runyen, a senior secondary education major, said. “Our goal is to raise as much money as we can by the end of the year for pediatric cancer, specifically for the child life program down at CHOP.”

All of the proceeds made during Thon will go to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Photo by Maddie Logue.

Runyen, along with Ryan Brong, are in charge of running the entire event.

“Me and Ryan Brong are overall captains for the event,” Runyen said. “Our job is to make sure that everything stays on track for the event. We need to make sure there is enough food and activities for everyone and that the fundraising is done properly.”

The purpose of the event is to raise money “For the Kids.” All of the students are going to donate their funds to research pediatric cancer.

“Our goal is to raise $10,000. We have already raised $7,000. I think it would be awesome to go over our limit for the first year,” David Gall, a junior accounting major, said. “Easy way to make a difference: get involved on campus and it’s a good cause.”

Gall is a captain of funds and finance. His job is to make sure everyone meets their fundraising goals and the money is acounted for.

Some of the students joined Thon because they have personal relationship with the cause.

I have personally been affected by childhood cancer. I recently lost a friend to

Cabrini Men’s Baseball team eating Chick-fil-A to support Cav-a-Thon. Photo from Twitter: @cavathon.

childhood cancer,” Chelsea Jones, a senior human resource management major, said.  “Our expectation is to raise over $10,000 in order to help childhood research with cancer.”

Jones is captain of the event planning committee. She organizes all of the events that help fundraise for Cav-a-Thon, from sporting events to concessions.

Everyone in Cav-a-Thon has a role; there are captains of various groups. Each captain oversees a specific category— public relations, event planning, funds and finance and family relations.

Fellow Cabrini students and captions enjoying their meals that raise money for pediatric cancer. Photo from Twitter: @cavathon.

I am captain of the family relations committee and, basically, our job is to reach out to families who have been affected by pediatric cancer,” Joe Fiore, a senior exercise science and health promotion major, said. “Kind of trials they have to go through. That really shows people what we are fundraising for and we are going to have a couple families at the event.”

All of the captains have high expectations for this event and are willing to work as hard as possible to reach their goal.

“Overall, I think it’s going to be a really fun and successful event, that is going to generate a great feeling of accomplishments,” Runyen said. “Knowing we did something pretty extraordinary for a group of kids that we just want to help every single day.”

Graphic by Shannon Finn.

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