IU Dance Marathon

Joey is in front of Austin, and Mel in front of Brooks

Joey had a special banner made by the group supporting him

Playing one of many games

Mel w/ Brooks

The view of the crowd from the stage

With another dance marathoner (and Austin); she made them blankets

He's exhausted; and he didn't even dance 36 hours!

We were invited to be guests at the IU Dance Marathon in November. The IUDM raises millions of dollars for research at Riley Hospital, and since we're a Riley family, we happily attended. The college students dance for 36 hours straight, and they're one committed bunch! This year, they raised $3,206,340!! Amazing. Our kids had a great time with Austin, who they met through a coworker of mine (Austin is her son). He's been to the house several times to visit/play with them, and we were amazed by all of his teammates who knew all about Joey (and Melanie!) and just really laid out the red carpet for our family (and dozens of others!) The crowd/piggyback pictures below are from an activity where all of the college kids joined together to form a "tunnel," that the Riley families ran through, and then stood on stage for a brief introduction. Despite the fact the event was in Bloomington, we all had a great time!