💃🏾🕺 NOVAdance “Dare To Dream”: 12 Hour Long Villanova Danceathon Fights Childhood Cancer

Over 1,000 students took part in NOVAdance, the culmination of a year-long fundraising effort. And they dance all day long, into the night. And that’s not all.

“Right now we have a live band performing which is fun,we had a magician here a few hours ago, we’ve had some of our heroes performing, just a constant stream of entertainment,” says junior Ryanne Duffy.

“My feet hurt a little, my lower back hurts a little bit, but the big picture….you keep that in mind and it gets you through the day.”

The big picture is the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation. They help families affected by childhood cancer. Some of them were on hand.

“That’s like the only thing we can do, make them forget about what they’re going through and just be a kid. That’s our whole goal.” Veronica Manley

Alex Reisterer, one of many people who helped put this event together, found a creative way to raise some money::

“We really propel these kids so they can dare to dream and they can forget everything that they’re going through at NOVAdance and they can just be kids. I told people of they donated $10 to my page and I’d give them a raffle ticket and then I’d chose five people to shave off my head.”

Reisterer had been growing his hair, he says, for a year and a half. Now, it’ll go to a child who needs it. x