Chicago This Week Episode 5
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Blessings in a Dance Marathon: Northwestern Students Raise Money for Food Insecurity
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By Anna Boisseau Northwestern University’s Dance Marathon traditionally raises money for a health-related charity, but this year it went down a slightly different path. On March 4th-6th, students will dance for 30 hours straight to support nonprofit Blessings in a Backpack’s fight against food insecurity. “It felt like it was time for a change,” said […]