Name: Meredith Mimoso
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Rhinebeck, NY
Major: Finance & Accounting
Student Involvement: Club Softball, Pi Sigma Epsilon, Dance Marathon, Finance & Investment Club
Name: Megan Greenberg
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Allentown, PA
Major: Business – Finance
Student Involvement: Club Field Hockey, Pi Sigma Epsilon, Dance Marathon
Meredith:
What is the NU Dance Marathon?
A Dance Marathon is a philanthropic event that raises funds for Children’s Hospitals all around the country. Northeastern University Dance Marathon specifically raises money for Boston Children’s Hospital, which is awesome because it’s right down the road from us. At #NUDM15, we learned a morale group dance, heard from 5 different Miracle Families about their time at Boston Children’s, played games, and ate tons of great food.
How did you get involved with the Dance Marathon?
I was approached by another member of our business fraternity, Pi Sigma Epsilon, and attended a conference in Chicago in July. There, Miracle Families spoke, we did a Morale Dance, and I got to talk with Executives from Dance Marathons around the country. It was a huge eye opener as to how big NUDM could really get.
What role did I play? I had a pretty large role because I was only 1 of 2 who went to the conference in July. A lot of our E-board members didn’t really understand what a Dance Marathon looked like in the beginning months, so it was really important to communicate how everything went. I was the communications director, which meant I was in contact with the dancers- either registering, fundraising, or any other questions they posed. We ended up having over 200 registrants for #NUDM15, which was wicked cool.
What was your favorite part?
My favorite part of organizing the event would definitely be seeing how my money directly impacted the kids. Normally when you fundraise, you give money to a charity and that’s it. However with NUDM, dancers get to hang out with the kids and their families- and realize how well their donations are used. One mother in particular mentioned that there is only one machine in all of Boston Children’s that helped her daughter live- and it’s donations like ours that buy those machines. Getting to dance and play games with the kids is also really inspiring because you realize that every kid deserves a childhood where they can be “normal”- despite their illnesses or diseases that they are dealing with on a daily basis.
Megan:
How did you get involved with the Dance Marathon?
People I knew from Pi Sigma Epsilon were starting it. It sounded like something I really wanted to get involved with, since I’m from Pennsylvania, and THON is such a big and inspiring movement there.
What role did you play in the event?
I am on the Communications committee. We were in charge of recruiting people for the event. Additionally, we choreographed and came up with the music for the Morale dance, which we taught at the event.
What was your favorite part?
My favorite part of the event was learning the morale dance (not teaching it) Jenn Nass, who choreographed it, did a great job of coming up with a super easy and fun to learn dance, which we taught at the event. I may not be the best teacher, but it was really fun to do regardless.