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Wake ‘N Shake, or WNS for short, began in 2006 as a small gathering of 300 students to raise around $30,000 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund. As of this past Saturday, the 11th annual iteration of the 12-hour dance marathon, 1,325 students participated to raise a total of $284,418.54, a number that will continue to increase until the end of the Spring semester. “We are beyond thrilled,” Lydia Pappas, one of three overall co-chairs, said. “It’s $120,000 more than last year’s dayof total.” The event was not just dancing, though. Students could also play basketball, have fun on a bouncy slide and even
joust their friends. The main goal was to keep everybody active — that is, not sitting down. The dancing is just the best part. It’s so much fun that, as part of the festivities, event organizers and morale team members teach participants a special choreographed dance in between different theme hours — such as an entire rave — and even yoga sessions. At points throughout the day, one of eight “champions” — people from the community who fought and survived cancer — spoke to the crowd. One such champion, Julie Gupton, shared her story of fighting ovarian cancer, citing the money raised at Wake ‘N Shake for helping her win her battle. Many of the speakers encouraged students to take care of their bodies in various ways — from exercising to getting yearly checkups and mammograms for both sexes. The theme of the day, though, was fighting cancer every way possible and showing support for those fighting and survivors of cancer alike. “It was incredibly sweet to hear from each of the eight champions,” freshman Larisa Hanger said. “What an inspiration.”
Organizing the event wasn’t easy, though, but it wasn’t impossible, co-chair Colin Johnson said. “We were basically planning it out over the summer since we all happened to be in the same city. Our new website has been a huge part of our success this year. It was just so much easier than in past years because of the site.” All three co-chairs cited the registration process as a major glitch in previous years, but due to the new site, designed by Nick Ladd, things were much smoother. The randomization and optionalization of teams also helped, Pappas said. “This allowed students, faculty, staff and all people from the Winston-Salem community to register and not feel categorized or excluded in any way. We think this helped increase participation and, in turn, the donation total.” One last important aspect of this year’s success was the addition of dancer “profile pages” — pages for each individual participating in Wake ‘N Shake that participants could link to on their Facebook pages in order for distant relatives or friends at other schools to click on and look at, resulting in increased awareness of the event and even more donations.
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