Important Event Details!

Attention dancers!  Please review the following important event details for CHICAGO Dance Marathon this Saturday, March 19th!


Registration and Ceremonies:

Registration begins at 7:00am. Upon arrival, follow signage when you enter the building for CHICAGO Dance Marathon. We will be located in the Sheraton Ballroom 8, 9, & 10. Please bring any checks or cash that you have collected to be turned in that morning. We will kick off opening ceremonies at 8:00am with a family run in, so please be sure to be on time!  Closing ceremonies will begin at 9 p.m.

Location:
Sheraton Hotel & Towers
301 East North Water Street
Chicago, IL 60611

Parking:
Parking is available at the Sheraton for $18.00.  When you arrive, pull into the parking garage and they will valet park your car.  CTA and Buses also are very accessible.

Dress:
Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes for this event. Athletic shorts/pants, jeans or khaki pants are appropriate. We will supply you with a Chicago Dance Marathon short sleeve t-shirt to wear at the event. Feel free to bring "flare" for your team to wear if you would like! There will be a coat and bag check for $1 that you can access upon your arrival (yet, please bring as little as possible.)

Flare!

Feel free to bring FLARE to the event, dress up, be goofy....the more fun you have with it, the more fun the day will be! Also, be sure to bring your camera to capture the moments of CDM 2011; you won't be able to take enough pictures of the fun and the brave patients!

After Party!
There will be a CHICAGO Dance Marathon after party as well-- if 13 hours of fun isn't enough for you, well then...you are in luck-- we are partnering with Lizzie McNeil's Irish Pub (400 N McClurg--just behind the Sheraton Hotel) $25 all you can drink for 3 hours from the end of the event until 12:30pm.

See you SATURDAY!

Fundraising Tips for the Final Stretch!

Check out these awesome tips for fundraising during the final 10 days before the marathon!

• Happy Hours at local bars/restaurants
• You know that thing call Facebook....well, use it to your advantage! Facebook message 5 of your friends each day for the next week....if half of them give $10 or $15 bucks you will be well over $400 donated!
• Know an outside sales rep for Mary Kay, Rubbermaid, Candles, Jewelry....perfect see if you can host a party and you get a percentage of all sales!
• Email, email, email....people WILL donate and a lot of time they want to donate and do something good! Just make sure you do your part in following up with them. People have to see something on average seven times before they act on it!
• Bake Sale or a "Causal for a Cause" day at work...this works well and gets your co-workers involved and in the know about what you are doing!

Also, if you register as a team of 5 or more you only have to raise $400 individually. For a team of 5, your fundraising requirement is $2000 collectively; a team of 6 would have a collective requirement of $2400. If you join as an individual you have to raise $500 and you will be placed on a team for the event. For all of the dancers that registered online between February 14th-28th...you were granted $50 towards your fundraising goal. This will not be reflected online, but we have this on the back end and your fundraising total will be $450 is an individual or $350 if with a team of five or more!

Why I Dance - Morgan Rohrbach

I dance to bring smiles to thousands of kids treated at Children’s Memorial each year!

I dance to send a message of hope to kids and families treated at Children’s Memorial Hospital!

I dance to remember those we have lost, those that battle illness and those that have survived!

- Morgan Rohrbach

Children's Memorial Hospital

Everyone has a personal story about why they participate in CHICAGO Dance Marathon.  Tell us why you dance!  Send your entry tochicagodancemarathon@gmail.com.