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WIU Miracle Jeans Day Oct. 11

October 1, 2018

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MACOMB, IL -- How many times a week do we spend at least $5 on a cup of gourmet coffee or an impulse item in the checkout lane? Take that Abraham Lincoln, and for just one day, spend it on a cause that's "for the kids. On Thursday, Oct. 11, Western Illinois University employees are invited to participate in the WIU Dance Marathon's third annual Miracle Jeans Day, with proceeds of the event going to St. Louis-area Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Approval has been granted for WIU employees in all departments to participate in the special "wear jeans day," if they choose. For a minimum donation of $5, WIU employees can put their professional attire aside to wear jeans to work. Register online or send donations (checks payable to WIU Dance Marathon) to Nick Katz, Office of Student Activities.

More information about Miracle Jeans Day is available at miraclejeansday.com. The event is part of the student organization's year-round effort to raise money for Children's Miracle Network hospitals, St. Louis Children's Hospital and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon. The year-long event culminates March 30, 2019, with the 12-hour Dance Marathon, which honors the 12-hour shifts of doctors and nurses, as well as children who are unable to stand.

Western's Dance Marathon is entering its sixth year on the WIU campus, with this year's goal set at $150,000. Donations are welcome, and may be made by visiting https://tinyurl.com/yawrkc33 or emailing dancemarathon@wiu.edu. Last year's event raised more than $135,000.

The $135,000 raised during the 2017-2018 Dance Marathon pushed Western's five-year total to nearly half-a-million dollars ($405,000). The 2017 event raised $123,000; the 2016 event raised $70,800; the 2015 event raised $53,000; and the inaugural event in 2014 raised $22,000.

Additional details can be found on the WIU Dance Marathon Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WIUDM.

Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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