As Executive Director, I oversee everything related to HuskyTHON and work directly with faculty and staff from UConn, Connecticut Children’s, and Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. I also create and run all HuskyTHON initiatives as well as interact and help with/give feedback to all members of our 32 person Management Team on all projects.
I lead a diverse group of first year dancers throughout the year and introduce these rising leaders to the magical world of HuskyTHON. I also integrate fresh perspectives into the planning and innovation of HuskyTHON 2024.
As the Director of Media, I am the human behind the HuskyTHON website. I communicate with the rest of the Management Team to ensure I make the necessary edits to keep it updated. I also capture content for the HuskyTHON Instagram, shooting pictures and videos at all our events. I am responsible for editing and producing all hype reels, promotional videos, informational videos, recap videos, and the campaign video. Lastly, I am in charge of running the HuskyTHON TikTok.
I oversee all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for HuskyTHON as well as educate and spread awareness about DEI. I lead the DEI Committee and work to make our community welcoming and safe for our participants. I also work to provide accommodations for our participants during Night Of to ensure that our dance marathon is inclusive to everyone.
We maintain all contact between HuskyTHON and Connecticut Children’s as well as help the HuskyTHON community develop their ‘Why’ through workshops and campus events! We also plan events for our Miracle Children such as the Miracle Kids’ Favorite Things Fashion Show and our Talent Show on Night Of. Additionally, we promote Cause Connection throughout the year to inspire others and promote a community of unity.
I work with all UConn Alumni and send monthly newsletters to keep the Alumni informed on all things HuskyTHON. I plan events for Alumni to help keep the HuskyTHON spirit alive past their years at UConn. I also work with our faculty advisor to plan and conduct outreach to our Alumni Network.
I plan and oversee all outreach to organizations and people outside of the UConn community on behalf of HuskyTHON. I communicate with UConn faculty and administration as well and work closely with Connecticut Children’s and our hospital advisor. I also support the Director’s of JonaTHONs, Hospital Relations, Alumni Relations, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion!
We facilitate communication between the Management Team and Dancer Representatives. We also help Dancer Representatives develop fundraising, strategies, communicate with their teams, and boost team morale.
As the Creative Director, I work with all directors on the Management Team for their graphic design needs. I create all graphics posted on HuskyTHON social media platforms as well as design HuskyTHON materials including fundraising toolkits, informational packets, donation cans, and more!
I am responsible for planning, designing and organizing the merchandise and apparel students, donors and families can purchase throughout the year (including shirts for Night-Of). Additionally, I organize an online store and multiple pop-up shops during the year to sell our goods, and determine units and pricing for all merchandise! I also work closely with the Communications Team to creatively spread our message on campus and beyond.Â
I oversee all of HuskyTHON branding, messaging, social media, and public relations. I create and lead effective campaigns and advertise events year-round. I interact with media contacts and news organizations to spread awareness of HuskyTHON throughout the state. Additionally, I support the Directors of Marketing, Media, Creative, and Merchandise and Apparel.
I work with everyone on the Management Team to advertise events, fundraisers, and news. I also oversee and post on the Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to get word out about all things HuskyTHON related. As Director of Marketing, I create and implement campaigns and social media initiatives to engage participants throughout the year.
I help facilitate all donations both physical and online and anything money related. I work closely with our Corporate Partners and utilize tracking documents to accurately reflect our total fundraising efforts throughout the year. I also support the Finance Team Directors!
I create strong connections with local companies to develop longstanding partnerships. I research possible new companies to partner with and conduct outreach to connect with them. Additionally, I communicate professionally with companies in order for both parties to get the most out of our partnership.
I coordinate and lead the Canning Program by creating general and incentive-based canning documents. I also create relationships with local and chain businesses across Connecticut to obtain canning dates. Similarly, I develop the Canning Program to expand state-wide reach and avenues of fundraising.
I plan and oversee the execution of all of our fundraisers, fundraising initiatives, entertainment (activities, performers, etc.), special events, food, and fundraisers/donations. I plan and run 18 hours of magical fun for our Night-Of celebration. I also support the Directors of Strategic Fundraising, Entertainment, Special Events and Volunteers, and Hospitality!
I provide entertainment for all 18 hours of our dance marathon. I work with vendors, DJs, musicians, and other entertainers. Additionally, I collaborate with the Management Team to secure entertainment that is needed throughout the year.
I brainstorm and organize fundraising initiatives that the entire HuskyTHON community is able to utilize in order to reach their personal fundraising goals. I also act as a resource for all individuals in addition to teams in finding fundraising strategies that work best for them.
I coordinate food donations and incentives for Night-Of and various fundraisers throughout the school year. I assist other members of the Management Team in ensuring that meals are provided at all necessary events.
I brainstorm, plan, and execute special events throughout the year, such as ZumbaTHON and the Silent Auction. I also create new events to engage our growing community as well as coordinate volunteers for Night-Of and other events.
I facilitate the registration of HuskyTHON participants and am responsible for outreach, registrant participation, and engagement. I plan and lead all specialized weeks such as Registration Week and Participant Appreciation Week. I also support the Directors of Morale, Dancer Relations, Campus Affairs, and HuskyTHON Rising Leaders!
We choreograph and teach the 10 minute Morale Mix for Night-Of. We also lead a team of over 100 Morale Captains as well as lead strategic fundraising initiatives within the Morale Team. We lead the Morale Team to encourage participation throughout the HuskyTHON and UConn communities.
We act as liaisons between the general body and the Management Team to ensure every dancer and organization is supported. We reach out to other student organizations to ensure all our dancers represent the UConn community’s diverse backgrounds and values. We also try to reach as many areas of campus as possible to get involved and learn about HuskyTHON.
As the Director of Alumni Relations, I am responsible for all things involving our many alumni. I work with my captains to help plan alumni events, keep our alumni up to date on all things HuskyTHON, and I am the main liaison between the Management Team and our Alumni Board. My goal is to try and keep the HuskyTHON spirit alive and well for all our alumni no matter where their post graduate life has taken them.
I am so excited to be Director of HuskyTHON Rising Leaders this year! In this role, I am responsible for leading our emerging leaders program of first year dancers by planning meetings and being the liaison between the Rising Leaders and the Management Team. I work alongside my captains to brainstorm and execute orientation, meet and greets and workshops for 30 eager and passionate Rising Leaders. I am so lucky to take on this role to build and inspire the future of HuskyTHON through these incredible first year dancers, and I can’t wait to see all the miracles they make!
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What is your favorite color?
“Glitter” -Emma
CCMC Employee
Pasta
Closer
Mean girls, it makes me laugh
Minnie Mouse, she likes pink and bows
Pink
Beyonce
What is his favorite song to dance to?
“All songs. Corey loves music and dancing.” – Corey’s Parents
Ballerina / School teacher / fire fighter
Ice pops
Shut Up and Dance With Me
Moana, because of the songs in it.
Lincoln Loud, from the cartoon series The Loud House
Blue
Rapunzel, because I want to play with and brush her hair.
Oncology nurse or doctor at Connecticut Children’s
Chocolate cake
Fight Song
Full Out, because it is a medical story that has hip hop and gymnastics involved.
Supergirl, because it is action packed and has a real life story
Turquoise
Rachel Platen, because I like her songs like “Stand by You” and “Fight Song”
Geologist
General Tso’s Chicken
Mr. Clean
Star Wars, because I like lightsabers
Beast Boy from Teen Titans Go, because he acts like me.
Blue
A nurse
Gummy Bears
All fun songs
Star Wars The Last Jedi, because I just love it!
Princess Leia, she is a strong female leader
Blue
Carrie Fisher, she is an inspiration to me.
A construction worker
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Kids Bop Kids
Cars 3, because I like Miss Fritter
Goofy, because he’s goofy
Blue
Santa
Singer or nurse
Ice cream
Havana
Star wars the Last Jedi, because it was better than all the other Star wars movies
Stephanie from “Full House” because I like how she says “How rude.”
Red
The guy from Willy Wonka, Gene Wilder.
Firefighter or work with daddy at ESPN
Steak
All songs. Corey loves music and dancing
High School Musical, Corey loves singing and dancing
Blaze and the Monster Machines. Corey loves monster trucks
Blue or red
Javier Colon, I love how he sings
Bob the Builder
Apple sauce
PJ Masks theme song
Moana, she fights the islands from dying from disease
Mickey Mouse, fun
Blue
Mickey Mouse
Police Officer
Hamburgers
Perfect
Percy Jackson, Love action movies
iCarly
Blue
Dallas Cowboy football player
Work for WWE
Ice cream
Do Re Me
Pitch Perfect
John Cena, Funny wrestler
Purple
Nikki Betta
A construction worker
Cookies
Old MacDonald Had A Farm
Toy Story 3, because the baby and the bear put all of the toys in jail, that’s my favorite part
Llama Llama, because he wears red pajamas to school and I want to do that.
Green
Santa
Teacher or a nurse
Chinese soup or Italian
Cotton Eye’d Joe
Cheaper by the Dozen, because it makes me laugh
The Kardashians
Pink and Turquoise
My great grandparents
Doctor, veterinarian, or hair stylist
Pizza
I don’t have one
Home Alone, because it’s funny
Teen Titans Go, because it’s funny and silly
Light blue
Benjamin Franklin, because I’d like to learn how he came up with all of those inventions
I’m not sure yet, but I will either be a nurse or APRN in the pediatric oncology field or something to do with forensics
Baked potatoes with sour cream
Any throwback song or modern rap song
Any horror film (Hush, Split, Conjuring) because of the suspense
Lip from Shameless, becuase he is always kind and supportive of his family
Any neon color, but preferably hot pink
Thomas Rhett, because he is such a good, kind, caring human and is always positive. I also adore his music.
Dance Teacher / Cowgirl
Chicken and Spanish rice
What Do You Mean?
Wonder, It’s a great story and makes me smile
SpongeBob, he’s funny
Blue
Funnel Vision Youtubers, because they are funny and a cool family
Game Developer
Orange glazed popcorn chicken
Theme to Stranger Things
Baby driver, because it was great.
The Flash, he is fascinating and my favorite DC character
Red
The Flash from the show because I think he is awesome.
A race car driver for NASCAR
An oatmeal raisin cookie or mac & cheese
Can’t Stop the Feeling
Despicable Me 3, because I love the Minions
Donald Duck, aka “the Duck”
Green
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, NASCAR driver
Occupational Therapist
Shrimp
Anything Pentatonix
Fault in Our Stars, because it is inspirational
Katniss Everdeen, because Jennifer Lawrence is amazing
Teal
Ari Kaplan
Lego builder
Pizza
Tootsie Roll
Paddington
Super Truck, because he is the best
Red
Mickey Mouse
Teacher
Candy
The Wobble
Elf, because it’s so funny
Buddy the Elf
Purple
Jodie Sweetin (From Fuller / Full House)
Race car driver
Mac & cheese
Descendants 2 Soundtrack
Cars 3, Cruz Ramirez is my favorite character, I love racing
Descendants 2, Mal is my favorite, she wears purple, my favorite color and I like dancing.
PURPLE! Pink & sparkles
Mal & Evie! I love them! Maybe they could teach me their dance moves.
A doctor
Chicken and broccoli stir fry
Fight Song, because it inspires me to never give up.
Matilda, because she makes the best out of life
Fairly Odd Parents
Teal
Ellen, because she inspires me to make a difference in my community and I know we could do big things.
Doctor
Waffles because I love waffles
Perfect by Ed Sheeran
Clueless because it makes me laugh
Derrick Sheapard because he is cute
Tiffany Blue
Liza Koshy because I love her YouTube videos and she makes me laugh
Doctor
Muffins
Cows in the Meadow
Incredibles 2, I like the characters like Dash and Baby Jack
Gio from Team Umizoomi, because he is blue
Blue
Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson
Doctor
Hamburgers and fries
The Final Countdown, by Europe
Jaws, because it’s a “funny” movie, we need a bigger boat
YouTuber, Lea Ash
Blue
Thomas Edison, he’s a great inventor
A mom
Chocolate
Fight Song
Paddington and Paddington 2
Mickey Mouse
Pink
Cinderella because she is my favorite princess
Makeup artist
Ketchup
Shake it off- Taylor Swift
Miracles from Heaven, because it shows that God is real and loves his children
Olaf because he is goofy and he likes warm hugs
Glitter
My great grandma Gigi (Nancy Gorman)
Santa
Waffles
Baby Shark
Goldie and Bear
Goldie
Yellow
Santa
Engineer
Ice cream
Just Like Fire, by Pink
The Labyrinth, I like how it’s so weird
Rainbow Dash, because she can fly and is so confident
Purple
Pink, because she is awesome
A Lego master builder
Bacon
Start Wearing Purple
Star Wars: The Last Jedi because it is hysterical and awesome
Luke Skywalker, he rocks!
Blue
George Washington
Nurse
Pizza
Cloud 9
Cloud 9, it’s about snowboarding
Andi Mac
Black and white
Hillary Duff
Pasta salad
Juke Jam
Wonder, because why not / It moved me, it was beautiful.
Yellow, black, purple
Roman Atwood, because he is so positive and fun. He’s family oriented and overall just a great guy. (Youtuber)
NBA Player
Steak
Billie Jean
It, because it is scary and I like scary things.
Tom and Jerry because it is old school and they don’t talk, they talk with funniness.
Blue
Michael Jackson
Police Woman
Pot pie
7 Years, Lukas Graham
Trolls because it is funny
Ariel, PJ Mask
Pink and blue
Ariel she is my favorite
Teacher or a waitress
Fruit (strawberries, grapes, blueberries, raspberries, bananas….)
Havana
Sound of Music, Any Barbie Movie, Beauty and the Beast, (Disney Princess movies)
Glee, (Rachel, Brittany, and Santana)
Pink
Miss Jessica, because she is awesome. (That’s her old preschool teacher and Nanny… )
I would like to do something with animals
Jolly Ranchers
“I Love this life” or “Tonight, tonight”
Dolphin Tale, because I love animals and it’s based on a true story.
Crush from Finding Nemo, because I love sea turtles
Aqua
Emma Watson, because I love her in Harry Potter and in Beauty and the Beast.
Race car driver
Chocolate sauce
Happy, by Pharell Williams
Cars, I love fast cars
Mickey Mouse Club House, I love singing and dancing to the hot dog song
Purple
Ellen DeGeneres, I sing and dance with her every day
A doctor
Mozzarella sticks
“Better when I’m dancin” Meghan Trainor
The Peanuts Movie, it has neat characters in it
Charlie Brown, he’s really funny
Orange
Martin Luther King Jr. because he’s amazing and ended segregation
Pediatric Rheumatologist
My mom’s mac & cheese
“If these sheets were states” All Time Low, “Without you” avicii, “Strip that down” Liam Payne, “waving through a window” dear evan hansen
Paddington because it is funny and really cute 🙂
Shawn from “The Good Doctor” because he is super smart
Light Blue
Lin Manuel Miranda because he is so talented
Teacher
Pizza or fries or chocolate or pasta
Little do you Know
Barbie Rock’n Royals – it has great music in it.
Rey from Star wars
Pink
Big Ben from the Steelers – He might retire, and James Conner – He is a survivor like me
Architect or Animator
Subway
My House
Lego Batman Movie, I like the humor
Donald Duck, I like the way he acted inside the movies.
Blue
Jesus, so I can ask him questions.
Police – SWAT member
Gummy cherries or pasta
The Wedge
Star Wars – They are awesome
The Flash
Blue
Tom Brady – He’s still playing great football at 40. He plays hard every game.
Businessman or Restaurant Owner
Curly fries
Ice Ice Baby
National Treasure
Daffy Duck, he is always funny
Green
Jesus, so I could ask him all of my questions
A weatherman, like Ryan Hanrahan
Banana Bread
Thunder
Good Luck Charlie Christmas
Roman Atwood–YouTube vlogger
Red
Roman Atwood because he seems funny and he loves his family. He’s awesome!
Pilot
Cheese tortollini
Location
Forest Gump, it is funny and interesting and you always see something new
Joey from Friends
Orange
Walt Disney, he was a creative genius and he changed the world
Doctor and an artist
Corn on the cob
Million reasons
Frozen
Princess characters
Purple
Lady Gaga
Snow White
Oreos
Lullaluby
Frozen
Peppa Pig
Blue
Santa Clause
Vet
Sushi
Party Rock
Greatest Showman, it has a great message
Stitch, he is super cute
Blue/teal
Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot)
If you could meet one person in the whole wide world, from any time ever, who would it be and why?
“Maddie Ziegler from Dance Mom’s because she is a great dancer and really nice to every one.” -Ashleigh
What do you want to be when you grow up?
“Oncology nurse or doctor at Connecticut Children’s” -Charlotte
If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?
“Mom’s homemade pierogi and goat cheese pizza from Camille’s” -Quinn
If you can meet one person in the whole wide world, from any time ever, who would it be and why?
“Rapunzel, so I can play with and brush her hair” -Lily
