Each year UNC students gather in Fetzer Gym to dance for 24 hours in order to raise money for children's charities. Since 1999, $3.3 million dollars have been raised. I have many good friends who have become integral parts of the event and I am so proud of and impressed by them.
Hannah Burke, left, and Jillian Klemm, right, stretch during the UNC Dance Marathon in Fetzer Gym at UNC Chapel Hill on Saturday, February 16, 2013.
Douglas Parks, a UNC Chapel Hill sophomore, does a handstand to rest his feet after standing for 16 hours during the UNC Dance Marathon in Fetzer Gym at UNC Chapel Hill on Saturday, February 16, 2013.
Students dance in a long conga line during the UNC Dance Marathon in Fetzer Gym at UNC Chapel Hill on Saturday, February 16, 2013.