In our 26th anniversary, with the Miracle Families who inspired us and the University of Connecticut students who built this organization from the ground up, HuskyTHON has changed innumerable lives. Each year, an extraordinary group of students join together to ensure that the life-changing hard work, dedication and memories established by the students of the preceding year will not be forgotten. 

HuskyTHON 2024 did just that. This past year, 4,410 UConn students united from June 1st, 2023 to March 2nd, 2024, to raise a record-breaking $1,736,591.22 for the patients and families of Connecitcut Children’s. Our organization has continued to create a safe space where all sickness, illness, vulnerability and disease can be left at the door and kids can just be kids, even us college students. 

All HuskyTHON participants have a Why; the reason they choose to participate in a year-long fundraiser for kids and families they have never met before. We dance for more holidays spent at home, more birthday parties with friends, more family movie nights, more smiles, more hugs, and more sunshine on cloudy days. We dance for more because children deserve to live a long, happy life. 

HuskyTHON is the light that guides us home, it is an unstoppable force aimed at the sole mission to ensure that no child goes without the care they deserve. We will continue our Dance Marathon until there is a day when no child, or family, has to endure the hardships that come with childhood illness. 

I am both humbled and honored to lead this cause alongside such a determined, and kind hearted group of my fellow students this year. On behalf of our 32-person Management Team and our Miracle Families, thank you for joining our movement to change kids’ health and change the future. We could not do this without your support. 

Fighting For The Next Generation,

Jylian Esposito 

Executive Director of HuskyTHON 2025