Local students participate in Dance Marathon

Students from Southeast Iowa participated in the University of Iowa’s Dance Marathon Feb. 4-5.

The event raised $1.3 million for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

Among the 900 students who participated in the 28th annual event were: Yusuf Halim of Fairfield, Delaney McDowell of Mt. Pleasant and Margaret Voss of Washington.

McDowell and Voss were also among the 150 students who served in leadership positions for the event. McDowell served as Development Chair, while Voss served as Digital Programming Chair.

The final tally raised by the students was $1,361,184.28, a total which pushed the amount of support generated by Dance Marathon over the course of its 28-year history to more than $33 million.

"Dance Marathon will continue to create so many miracles for our families. I am so glad that we all got to be a part of it together. Thank you so much," said Anna Dodge, the executive director of "DM28," which transitioned to a virtual event just 30 days before DM's "Big Event" weekend on Feb. 4-5.