Ohhhhh My Goodness!
January 19, 2010Wow! Totally ashamed I am… Gosh, it has been quite a long time since I blogged…. I knew it was at least a week, but over a week! Shameful! I don’t have that many excuses for you…so I won’t begin to make any up…
But I won’t let it happen again… 
 I plan to post for the next couple of days.
So, here goes…
This Thursday I will be leaving for New York City to photograph the Hope Gala for the Penn State THON. For those of you who don’t know… I am a Penn State grad, and there is no better place on earth than Penn State (…well…maybe Hawaii).
For those of you who don’t know what THON is click here. It is Penn State’s Dance Marathon and is the largest student run philanthropy in the Nation. The dancers dance for 48 hours straight…  THON is amazing… I am tearing up just thinking about what an amazing event it is. THON has raised over $61 million dollars over the past 32 years that has been donated to The Four Diamonds Fund to help families battling pediatric cancer.
I could go on for days about THON, literally… As a student I was involved on a committee every year to help with THON, and I was a dancer my sophmore year, and it was one of the most amazing experiences I have been a part of….
So, I am so excited and feel so blessed to be the Event Photographer for the NYC Hope Gala this Friday evening. And, the emcee for the evening will be LaVar Arrington, an NFL star, and Penn State Grad.
I tried to find some photos of THON from when I was a student…. I will try and share a few with you, but check it out.. and if it moves your heart, make a donation!
Here are a couple of great clips that will give you a better glance of THON… the videos made me cry…. AMAZING!
Check out the line dance (every year there is a new line dance that EVERYBODY at THON learns and does throughout the entire weekend : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnO2XOAwSjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2znImpA78&feature=fvw
Pretty sweet video of all that goes into THON: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmFV6m7Fsfw
This one has an opening statement by JoePa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykgilcll4cg&feature=related
m.e.
Mandy Sroka posted the following on 12.12.09 at 6:53 pm.
Wow Meaghan! That is so great! Will you be shooting for that many hours straight too? I can’t wait to see what you get!
Meaghan Elliott posted the following on 12.12.09 at 10:11 am.
Ha Ha…I wouldn’t survive, nor would my batteries!