November 2018
Why We DanceBlue!
Melissa Jarboe, Advisor for Apollo High School DanceBlue Committee: Apollo High School’s DanceBlue started 6 years ago with 12 students and an advisor who wasn’t quite sure what she was doing. We had 90 students participate in our first 5-hour
Watching Dreams Become a Reality
A year ago, I couldn’t believe I had been blessed enough to start a new job that seemed like the most intimidating thing in the world—a DanceBlue Advisor. I was so excited and so so nervous to get to work
Alumni Spotlight: Anne Marie Kirk
Do you remember the first time you heard about DanceBlue? I do. I was a sophomore at UK and my friends tried earnestly to convince me to participate in the marathon that year. Honestly, I didn’t exactly understand the hype.
October 2018
Those Magic Moments
We are called to emulate our Creator’s relational character and DanceBlue’s Adopt-A-Family Program makes that possible in some of the most vulnerable states but also in the most fun and spirit-filled moments. Throughout the year of fundraising and raising awareness,
Put a Little Boogie in your Step at the 5K!
Last year, at DanceBlue’s 24 - hour Dance Marathon, one of the song snippets from our line dance had the lyrics, “I am way too young and I won’t stop running.” In a very literal and figurative sense, I will
September 2018
Humans of DanceBlue: Courtney Emery
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vjv-Hue4pHM Name: Courtney Emery Job title: School Intervention Specialist I have been blessed with the opportunity to work in the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hem/Onc clinic for 4 years as the School Intervention Specialist. Working in the DanceBlue Clinic and witnessing
Humans of DanceBlue: Oakley
https://www.youtube.com/embed/hCAi9W9Cq84 Name: Oakley Graves Parents: Lauren and Josh Lucas Age: 4 Type of tumor: Infantile Fibromatosis Lauren: My little girl, Oakley, has a one in two million people diagnosis- a rare benign tumor called Infantile Fibromatosis. Statistically, it will be
Humans of DanceBlue: Meiko Welch
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ENt-eJDcGxg Name: Meiko Welch Job title: Nurse Clinician Years at clinic: 16 Why did you choose your profession? I fell in love with Pediatrics during my last rotation of Nursing school. I loved taking care of the Hematology/Oncology kiddos and
Humans of DanceBlue: Annaliese
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bwBYgITMlw0 Name: Annaliese Thomas Parents: Todd and Serah Thomas Hometown: Lexington, KY Type of cancer: Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Tell me about the moment you found out about Annaliese’s diagnosis? Serah: I was six and a half months pregnant when the
Register for DanceBlue 2019, TODAY!
Coming to the University of Kentucky from out of state was overwhelming, intimidating, a little bit scary. I knew I wanted to get involved and serve others in some capacity, but I had no idea where to start or even