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<p>The Greater Hazleton Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association and Penn State Hazleton THON recently sponsored a Red Cross blood drive at Penn State Hazleton to benefit Penn State Hazleton THON.</p><p>In addition to serving as donor escorts and snack table staff, alumni chapter members presented a check to the Red Cross to provide snacks for the event. For each presenting donor at the blood drive, Penn State Hazleton THON received a $4 donation to the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children&#8217;s Hospital.</p><p>The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, or THON for short, is the world&#8217;s largest student-run philanthropy, raising money for the families of pediatric cancer patients at Penn State Hershey Children&#8217;s Hospital. THON weekend was held Feb. 15-17 at the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park and raised more than $10.6 million.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Members of the Greater Hazleton Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association presented a check in support of a blood drive recently held at Penn State Hazleton. Participating in the presentation are, from left, Rocco Formica, alumni chapter president; Wister Yuhas, alumni chapter board member; Jacqueline Dercole, account manager, Red Cross Blood Services of Northeastern PA; and Sandy Lagana, alumni chapter board member. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_ChapterCheckPresentation_3A8A3182.jpg</photo0><caption0>Members of the Greater Hazleton Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association presented a check in support of a blood drive recently held at Penn State Hazleton. Participating in the presentation are, from left, Rocco Formica, alumni chapter president; Wister Yuhas, alumni chapter board member; Jacqueline Dercole, account manager, Red Cross Blood Services of Northeastern PA; and Sandy Lagana, alumni chapter board member. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>

Penn State Hazleton Alumni Association blood drive benefits THON