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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Letter to the Editor: A thank you from the Evanston Community Foundation

April 3, 2014

As the quarter gets underway, the Evanston Community Foundation wants to extend our appreciation to every dancer, committee member and executive board member on a hugely successful 40th anniversary Dance...

Marissa Penrod (right), the founder of Team Joseph, hugs Dance Marathon executive co-chair Anna Radoff during Block 10. Penrod expressed her gratitude toward DM for choosing her cause.

‘The miracle is Joseph’: Dance Marathon raises more than $1.3 million in hopes of Duchenne cure

March 9, 2014

When Marissa Penrod got up on stage during the final block of Dance Marathon 2014 and began talking to the crowd about her son, it was the first time in almost 28 hours the tent reached something close...

Brian Lee/Daily Senior Staffer

Dance Marathon 2014: Block 10 recap

March 9, 2014

Dancers ran into the tent for the final time this weekend, and started Block 10 holding hands. By the time the final seconds of Dance Marathon counted down, everyone in the tent was again embracing...

Evanston Community Foundation President Sara Schastok (right) reacts to receiving a check from Dance Marathon for $103,476.58. This was the first time in the two organizations 17-year partnership ECF had received more than $100,000.

In 17th year, Dance Marathon-Evanston Community Foundation relationship continues to grow

March 8, 2014

In her thirteen years with the Evanston Community Foundation, there isn’t much of Dance Marathon that Sara Schastok hasn’t seen. But when the foundation’s board members brought food to DM’s...

Dance Marathon 2014: Block 2 recap

Dance Marathon 2014: Block 2 recap

March 8, 2014

What Dance Marathon Block 2 lacked in presidents, it made up for in characters. After the leaders of both the country and Northwestern made appearances during Block 1, dancers came back out of the...

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