Top 5 Groups for Rutgers University's Record Breaking Dance Marathon

            A staple of Rutgers University, the Dance Marathon charity event has helped hundreds of kids with the Embrace Kids Foundation. Dozens of clubs, fraternities, and sororities banded together to raise money with many of them going above and beyond to collect any donation they could.

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            Each group did their part to donate but only one could achieve the top spot. In a list gathered from embracekids.org, fraternities dominated the top five while other groups rounded out the top ten to cumulate in a massive payoff. 

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            In yet another record-breaking year, the event collected $1,120,205.48, topping last year’s total of $1,055,468.37. Students worked diligently for weeks fundraising and asking friends and family for donations and got to see their hard work pay off at the end of the night.

            This year, the top five groups raised over $250,000 for the charity. In fifth place, Delta Gamma raised $43,468. Once their final total was announced, fraternity member David Maros said that raising all that money was “pretty simple once we got around to talking to people”. 

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            Gamma Phi Beta came in fourth place and raised $44,350. Most members were happy with their total but some felt that it was not enough.

            “We didn’t table as much as I would like to have and some donations fell through,” said fraternity brother Chris Ramirez. He ended by saying that although he wished he did more, at least they contributed to a good cause.

            Fraternity Alpha Phi Omega placed third, contributing $50,833 to the overall total. Members were thrilled that they contribute and as freshman Timmy Sambeski said “couldn’t wait to do it all again next year”.

It was a close call between the top two groups but in the end, Chi Psi came up just short of the number one spot.

Phi Sigma Sigma raised the most money with a massive total of $65,628 while Chi Psi came in second with a rousing total of $64,955.

Chi Psi brother Brad Lo Prinzi said that while some friendly competition between the two fraternities was nice, it was all for the kids.

“Obviously, we wanted to come out on top but we still donated a whole lot more than other groups for a good cause,” Brad said.

With the biggest total of this year’s event, Phi Sigma Sigma member Matt Matteo thanked everyone in his fraternity that participated and helped reach this goal.

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Even those working the event were surprised and thrilled to see the final amount.

Rutgers Student and Dance Marathon organizer Alyssa Rivers worked the event and was ecstatic to see the total amount raised. “It’s always fun running these events and to be a part of something so historic is just amazing!” she said with a smile.

Like previous years, the top groups were comprised primarily of fraternities or sororities. Psi Psi member Andre Sajnoski said it’s because they are so well connected that donations are much easier to come by.

“We know so many people and have the network to reach out that it’s not really a shock to anyone” he said.

            With another successful year finished, students will just have to wait until next year to try and earn one of those prestigious top spots.

Top 10 Teams

1.     Phi Sigma Sigma

2.     Chi Psi

3.     Alpha Phi Omega

4.     Gamma Phi Beta

5.     Delta Gamma

6.     Omega Phi Alpha

7.     Zeta Tau Alpha

8.     Delta Sigma Pi

9.     Phi Mu

10.  Sigma Delta Tau

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