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In 2001, a few hundred UCLA students attended the first Dance Marathon to raise awareness and hope for the thousands of children around the world who were affected by HIV and AIDS. That original group of students raised a few thousand dollars to help support the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Fast forward ten years and while the event itself is largely unchanged, the numbers have grown exponentially. A few hundred dancers has grown into a few thousand, and a few thousand dollars raised has swelled to nearly half-a-million.
Foundation co-founders Susan DeLaurentis and Susie Zeegen attended the event and spoke to a room of exhausted dancers at the conclusion of the 26-hour marathon. Click past the jump to read their first person account of the Dance Marathon and what a decade of dancing has meant to the Foundation.
Photo: Susan DeLaurentis (far left), Susie Zeegen (second from left), and Foundation President and CEO Chip Lyons (3rd from left) pose with the Dance Marathon at UCLA Executive Committee following the event. (Credit: EGPAF)
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