DG/ZBT/AIO breaks team record, raises biggest group total for Dance Marathon

Sherry Li/The Daily Northwestern

Students participate in Dance Marathon 2016. DG/ZBT/AIO broke its team record this year.

Yaqoob Qaseem, Digital Engagement Editor

The fundraising team of Delta Gamma, Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Iota Omicron raised the most money for Dance Marathon once again this year. The team’s final total was $179,374.10, breaking its record of $154,319.34 from two years ago. Last year, the team raised $140,725.79.

Members of the finance committee also announced the highest fundraisers in each category.

Large group:

  1. Delta Gamma/Zeta Beta Tau/Alpha Iota Omicron — $179,374.10
  2. Alpha Phi/Sigma Chi — $104,540.00
  3. Kappa Kappa Gamma/Phi Kappa Alpha — $81,094.10
  4. Delta Delta Delta/Sigma Alpha Epsilon
  5. Phi Kappa Psi/Kappa Alpha Theta
  6. Gamma Phi/Delta Tau Delta/Evans Scholars

Medium group:

  1. Kappa Delta/Sigma Nu — $42,504.08
  2. Pi Beta Phi/Phi Delta Theta/Sigma Psi Zeta — $36,023.92
  3. Delta Zeta/Delta Chi — $29,374.67
  4. Chi Omega/Lambda Chi Alpha
  5. Zeta Tau Alpha/Beta Theta Pi

Small group:

  1. Freshman Urban Program — $12,893.42
  2. Northwestern University Marching Band — $12,567.50
  3. Project Wildcat — $11,162.57
  4. Slivka Residential College
  5. Communications Residential College
  6. Sigma Phi Epsilon

Individual fundraisers on a DM committee:

  1. Caroline Gold — $6,705.83
  2. Lizzey Johnson — $6,072.00
  3. Lindsay Kumble — $4,666.16
  4. Emily Lichtenberg
  5. Michelle Kim

Individual fundraisers, non-committee:

  1. Rebecca Rosenbaum — $29,634.99
  2. Jack McCartney — $10,228.17
  3. Zachary Elvove — $5,285.39
  4. John Gallagher
  5. Paige Shin

Dance Marathon also announced new awards in the following categories:

Most Innovative Fundraising: Communications Residential College — $9,281.59

Best New Team Award: Woo Cubed — $5,468.15

Most Engaged Team: Chi Omega/Lambda Chi Alpha — $24,162.10

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