July 2019
This Organization Will Change Your Life
With my senior year at the University of Kentucky right around the corner, I have been doing a lot of reflecting on my time here. Coming to UK from a small town in West Virginia almost 5 hours away,
I Wanted To Do More
As an out of state freshman, I was eager to meet new people and find meaningful involvement on campus. I vividly remember my seeblueU orientation and walking past the countless tables set up by different on-campus organizations. However, one
June 2019
Hyundai Provides “Hope on Wheels” to the DanceBlue Clinic
Today was a very special day! In the lobby of the Kentucky Children’s Hospital, the DanceBlue Hematology/Oncology Clinic was given a check for $100,000 from Hyundai’s Hope on Wheels Program. Given to 25 hospitals across the United States, the Impact
Moment-By-Moment: My Thoughts on DB19
If you scroll through the notes app on my phone, somewhere between the forgotten Kroger grocery lists and reminders I wrote down and never remembered, you’ll find a note from March 3, 2019. That’s because, in the days leading
Alumni Spotlight: Sara Edgett
If you hang around DanceBlue long enough, you will inevitably hear the question “What does DanceBlue mean to you?”. Now I promise this is not just some catch phrase we like to throw around. The various answers to this
There’s Nothing Mini About Mini Marathons
When I was first introduced to DanceBlue, I was a freshman in high school signing up for our Mini Marathon. I had heard it was for a good cause and “everyone else was doing it.” Little did I know that
May 2019
Go Where the People Dance
When asked to write a blog post on my love for DanceBlue, my first thoughts were “how am I ever going to be able to explain all of what DanceBlue is and all that it stands for in just
February 2019
Humans of DanceBlue: Amaya Jones
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GkdWX0Mi2Fk Name: Amaya Jones Parents: Lori Jones Age: 8 Years of treatment: 2.5 years, in February, she finished her final dose of chemo Hometown: Lexington, KY Type of cancer: Leukemia Tell me about the moment you find out about
Humans of DanceBlue: Hunter Cooper
https://www.youtube.com/embed/uOPW4EOR3EE Name: Hunter Cooper Parents: Amy and Brad Cooper Age: 14 Tell me about the moment you find out about the diagnosis? Hunter: I had been active, I ate healthily. It was one of those moments where I thought
Plan for Joy
By the time I graduated from high school, three of my classmates had passed away from different forms of pediatric cancer. Three bright lights had been taken from our home and community, and those of us left tried our best