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Volume 3, Issue 2 September 2011

The mission of The UNC Dance Marathon is to unite the University, community and state in fostering emoti

and nancial support that improves the quality of life for the patients, families and staff of N.C. Children’s Hospita

Photo by Molly Sutherla

David is a 16-year-old who is developmen-

tally disabled and was diagnosed with a dev-

astating chronic illness. Treating this illness

would require many daily medications and

frequent medical appointments at N.C. Chil-

dren’s Hospital. His family had been home-

less and was living with various family mem-

bers prior to this diagnosis. The family´s

only car was impounded, leaving it with no

transportation to properly care for David.

The For the Kids Fund helped the family re-

trieve its vehicle from the impound lot, ul-

timately allowing David complete access to

the specialized hospital care he needs.

Grnt Rnt: Cinderell or Sedtion

The Pediatric Sedation Excellence program pro-vides video goggles for patients who would oth-erwise need to be sedated during procedures.

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Life ccle of college fundriser Carrie Dobbins, the Energizer Bunny of the 2012Overall Committee, tells how UNC-DM has im-

pacted every year of her college career.

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Get clue t Teme Revel And the theme for the 2012 marathon is...ndout at Players. First-years, here’s your chance;

seniors, you’ll wanna skip Top O’ tonight.

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“And every time I get tired, which Ido, I think of that little girl.”

~Kyle DeLappe, 2011 dancer, on pushingthrough the last hours of the marathonSept. 6-9 – Committe

Recruitment Week: Join a committeeand help UNC-DM

behind the scenes allyear. Sign up in thePit and send you ap-plication [email protected] 5 p.m. Friday.

Sept. 16 – ThemeReveal: Find out thetheme of the 2012UNC Dance Marathonat Players from 9p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Cover: $3 for 21 and

up, $5 for under 21.

Oct. 2 – FestiFall:Join us for thetown’s largest artsfestival on FranklinStreet from 12 p.m.to 6 p.m.

Each month we highlight comments fro

social media that excite or inspire u

@thealyssapatel

Heard Mambo No 5 and thought of @UNCDM lin

dance 2011! @swimr4lifejrl @annabethblack

@galencook @loveBKjoy #ftk

UPCOMINGEVENTS

Wt’s Up Tis Mont

Socil Network Sennign

For te Kids Stor

Featuring: Tlor Scott, 2010 UNC-DM Overall Coordinator“During DRW for UNC-DM 2010, Hurricane Ida was coming and there was

really bad weather. I remember because we on the OC (overall committee)

were worried because DRW is the week when we get all of the dancers to

support the kids. Seeing so many of our committee members go outside,

get crazy, be in the Pit, get dressed up and go across campus [to recruit

dancers] — seeing them going full-out despite the hurricane and witnessing

us still reach our goal of 1,600 dancers [who were] willing to take a stand

for the kids — was an amazing moment. Despite the weather and nasty

circumstances we still had all of that spirit for the kids.”

UNC-DM Flsbck:

f you have any questions, comments or concerns, contact 2012 Publicity Chair Olivia Barrow at [email protected]

Dncer Recruitment Week (DRW)2010



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GRaNT RaNT: PEDIaTRIC SEDaTIONExCELLENCE PROGRaM

UNC Dance Marathon is sponsoringa change in the pediatric sedation

process at N.C. Children´s Hospital.Rather than sedating a patient withmedication that makes him or hersleepy or able to tolerate a proce-dure, doctors can now use an MRI-compatible video-goggle system,purchased by UNC-DM, to calm achild before a major procedure, animaging study or Magnetic ResonanceImaging (MRI).

The N.C. Center for Clinical Excel-

lence, a grant provided by UNC-DMfor the second year, aims to improvefamily-centered care and more in-volve families in their children’streatment. The Pediatric Sedation Ex-cellence Program, part of this grant,intends to make sedation as safe as

possible and in some cases decreasethe need for the use of risky sedation

medication. A committee of doctors,nurses and child specialists are work-ing together to improve the sedationprocess for child patients.

“Often times there may be a7-year-old child who has a brain tu-mor and we need to look at all of thedetails of his brain on a regular ba-sis,” says Dr. Tina Willis, the Center’sco-director who is leading the com-mittee in charge of improving pedi-

atric sedation. “The [MRI] machine isreally noisy — it´s scary, it´s claustro-phobic and the child has to lay stillfor a minimum of 45 minutes. But, ifhe is old enough to be distracted bysomething, like virtual reality goggleswhere he can watch a Disney movie

and get rid of the noisy sound, ahis parents can talk to him throu

a microphone and calm him dowlaying still becomes easier and fediminish.”

The committee is in the processdeveloping other ideas to provide thighest quality of sedation possibin addition to the virtual reality stem.

“If you actually make somethfun for kids, they won’t be impactas negatively,” says Willis. “We u

ally have to poke them with needin order to put an IV in them and gthem the proper medication beforprocedure and if we can just injethem with movies, it will actually a fun thing for the child.”

LIFE CyCLE OF a COLLEGE FUNDRaISER Kaylee Baker“You know, everyone´s hatin´ on

rst-years because they´re lookingat maps, but they´re the future ofour campus,” said Carrie Dobbins,2012 UNC-DM Fundraising Projectschair.Carrie used to carry a map. Hidden

on the back of her biology 101 fold-er, she would subtly glance at it asshe made the daily trudge from suite404 in Hinton James to her lecture

classes on north campus. She hid hermap whenever possible.Four years later, she enters her last

two semesters map-less at UNC-Cha-pel Hill, the University that is now apart of her.Now a senior, Carrie enters the be-

ginning of the end of the cycle and,although she gets sentimentallysappy about her “last-rst this andthat,” she is ready to release herstored energy and take on one of the

14 principle leadership positions in

the largest student fundraising orga-nization in North Carolina.“As a rst-year, I was not really

looking to build up in the organiza-tion. I would have never imaginedmyself in this position,” Carrie said.“But now, I realize the importance

of dedicating your college career toUNC-DM. I have a better understand-ing of what the marathon means,the impact we make on the hospi-

tal and how awesome it is to standfor 24 hours. I’m ready to put thisknowledge to use.”Back before she knew what came

after “Hark the sound,” she beganas a member of the Fundraising Proj-ects committee. Its name implies itsrole: organizing various fundraisers,such as “canning,” when committeemembers collect donations duringhome football and basketball games;and letter push, when UNC-DM mem-

bers seek donations by writing let-

2Kaylee Baker

ters to friends, alumni, parents ancommunity members. This is wheCarrie got hooked — inspired by thdedication of Taylor Scott, 200Fundraising Projects chair, Carrknew at the end of her rst yeathat she could not get enough UNCDM.“Taylor was the start of me lovin

it. Task oriented and passionate, sh

brought the cause to every meetin

Carrie Dobbins, the 2012 Fundraising

Projects chair, shares her UNC-DM journe



September Newsletter

LIFE CyCLE, CONTINUED

UNC-DM TO REVEaL 2012 ThEME Olivia Barrow

UNC Dance Marathon will host itsannual Theme Reveal party at Play-ers Sept. 16 from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30p.m., when the theme for the 2012marathon will be revealed.“I’m really excited to set the tone

of UNC-DM for the year with ThemeReveal,” said Anna Beth Black, Cam-pus Fundraising chair. “Because the

theme is incorporated into so manyevents before the marathon evenbegins, it is important that we givethe theme its rightful moment in thespotlight.”Past themes have included Treasure

Island, Around the World and OuterSpace.Because UNC-DM is a year-long

fundraiser, the theme is utilized inprograms starting six months before

students dance among theme-coor-

dinated decorations during the 24-

hour marathon.Last year campus a cappella groups

performed at Theme Reveal for therst time. This year the Loreleis, theAchordants and Tar Heel Voices willbe performing for the eager studentsand community members awaitingthe theme announcement at the endof the night.“I am excited that so many wonder-

ful a cappella groups have agreed to

perform for us, and I know I speak

Tired of the generic design of oursummer newsletter issues? Staytuned as we revamp the style tomatch the 2012 theme startingin our October issue.

Also included:Grant Rant — PediatricPalliative Care Program

Net Issue

for all of the OC when I say hopumped I am to nally make th2012 theme public,” Black said.The dress code for the reveal par

is white out — so dig up your bleacand prepare to shine.

Photo by Molly Sutherland

She emphasized the relationships be-tween committee members and mostimportantly, our relationship with thepatients and families at N.C. Chil-dren’s Hospital.”

Now, four years later, Carrie isstepping into Taylor’s shoes. She’sproof that signing up for those 31listservs at your rst Fall Fest canresult in encountering the most im-pacting part of your college career.

Te JourneCarrie gained something new from

each year with UNC-DM. For bothsophomore and junior years, Carrie

served as a sub-chair on the Fund-raising Projects committe.“I love canning. I’m one of the few

people in the world who loves can-ning,” she said.Now with hindsight 20/20, she

commented on her sophomore year:“My sophomore year allowed me to

understand the hierarchy of the or-ganization. It´s a full year process;you can´t start in November and

expect to have everything done byFebruary.”Finally it’s Carrie’s time to stand

with a clipboard, a poster and abrain full of knowledge and sign up

those wide-eyed rst-years at Com-mittee Recruitment Week.“As a senior, I can see the bigger

picture now,” Carrie said. Whenyou´re a rst-year, you´re kind of tunnel-visioned a little bit. At theend of the tunnel, you see the largergoal and are able to think of waysto change the organization, makeit more entertaining, make peoplestay at the marathon longer, and

reach more kids.”Chancey Rouse, the 2012 Hospitalchair, has worked with Carrie fromthe beginning and says she is an as-set to the Overall Committee.“As a rst-year, Carrie was the com-

mittee member who always came tomeetings with a ton of enthusiasmand willingness to volunteer andhelp with anything,” Chancey said.One of Carrie’s main suggestions is

leaning on rst-years.“When I met them at Fall Fest,

said to myself, ‘these are the peple who are going to be running thsame organization in the future

How are they going to make it biger and better than what we havdone?”Zack Newbauer, a rst-year livin

in Hinton James Residence Hall, juas Carrie did, believes this yearrst-year class has what it takes take UNC-DM to the next level.“Just being around my fellow rs

years in the past two weeks hshown me how ambitious we are

said Zack.“With so many varying interesand specic skill sets, I’m sure will take just a short time to nthose who will be able to give much passion and dedication this organization as those did in thpast. The class of 2015 brings a lto the table: excitement, diligencand most importantly, a fresh set eyes.”

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