BuckeyeThon Benefiting Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus

BuckeyeThon!

BuckeyeThon 2014 at The Ohio State University’s Ohio Union.

It was a super successful dance marathon as students from The Ohio State University raised over $767,000 to benefit the Hematology/Oncology Department of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. We were excited for Stephanie Ransom who was able to get her movie star friend, Kristen Bell (yes, THE Kristen Bell) to donate to the cause that was held at the university’s Ohio Union this past weekend.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital is part of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and treats all children regardless of a family’s ability to pay. Although BuckeyeThon has ended this year, you can still donate to the cause here:

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UPDATED!

By participating in the Dance Marathon movement, you are helping CMN Hospitals address the urgent needs brought on by the pandemic. Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen to record levels as omicron races across the U.S. and the recent surge in childhood admissions is just the latest way to stretch hospitals beyond their limits. Emergency departments and intensive care units are stretched with fewer medical staff to care for the sickest patients. On top of treating kids with COVID-19, children’s hospitals continue to care for everything from broken bones to cancer, and all the moments in between.

Now more than ever, kids can’t wait.