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WIU Miracle Jeans Day Oct. 8

September 16, 2019

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MACOMB, IL -- Take that five spot in your wallet, and spend it on a cause that's "for the kids."

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Western Illinois University employees are invited to participate in the WIU Dance Marathon's (DM) fourth 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 at tinyurl.com/WIUMJD19 or by check (payable to WIU Dance Marathon) or cash.

On Sept. 20, members of the WIU DM will hand out informational packets to all campus departments. Donations may be placed in the packet or made online. Packets, and donations, will be picked up Oct. 4. On Miracle Jeans Day (Oct. 8), participants are asked to post photos on social media, with the hashtag #WIUDM.

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 28, 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 seventh year on the WIU campus, with this year's goal set at $175,000. Donations are welcome, and may be made by visiting URL or emailing dancemarathon@wiu.edu. Last year's event raised more than $160,000.

The $160,000 raised during the 2018-2019 Dance Marathon pushed Western's six-year total to close to $600,000. The 2018 event raised $135,000; 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.

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