HCUK Campus Celebrity: Erica Shipley

Name: Erica Shipley 

 

Age: 22 

Year: Senior 

 

 

Hometown: McLean, VA 

Her Campus: How did you get involved with Dance Blue?

 

Erica: I was a dancer in the marathon my freshman year, and then I served on the Morale Committee and was the Mini Marathons Chairman in the year’s following.

 

 

Erica: They are responsible for the overall planning of the yearlong fundraising process building up to and including the dance marathon. The Overall Chair plans and leads meetings, facilitates goal setting, creates the calendar and is responsible for facilitating the overall functioning of DanceBlue. I also really tried to make sure that I was simply there as a friend to our chairs, coordinators and committee this year. Sometimes there are hard parts to planning such a big event, and sometimes just being there for someone is the best thing you can do! 

 

Her Campus: What was the most rewarding aspect for you at this year’s Dance Blue?

 

Erica: The most rewarding part of my year was being able to help the kids, and I don’t just mean our patients. Our committee members work for hours each week to make sure that this event gives the kids an opportunity to celebrate life and celebrate the accomplishments they’ve made. These kids are the pulse behind it all. In turn, this helps the college kids too. It shows them leadership qualities they didn’t know they had, it teaches them how far passion really goes, and it tells them that living life with humility and by serving others is the best way to live.