unc-dm newsletter october 2011
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The mission of UNC Dance Marathon is to unite the University, community and state in fostering emotionaland nancial support that improves the quality of life for the patients, families and staff of N.C. Children's Hospital.
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FESTIFALL |
OCTOBER 2 — 12-6 PM Look for UNC-DM at Festifall. Downtown Chapel Hill, West Franklin St.
CrAIg WooLArd BAnd |OCTOBER 6 — 11 PM - 2 AM Listen to music and have some funwith UNC-DM and CWB. Pantana Bobs.
• We hosted our rst hospital social,featuring an outer space theme. Kidsparticipated in a moon rock hunt,decorated their own glow-in-the-dark
stars and made spaceships and planets.
• Committee members helped servehot meals to families every Tuesday
during Parents’ Night Out, which is
funded by our organization.
• As part of the Healthy Steps pro-
gram, we read and played games withkids in the General Pediatric Clinic
waiting room from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. everyMonday, Wednesday and Friday.
• We volunteered in the hospital’sPediatric Playroom, where we playedvideo games, climbed the jungle gym
and drew pictures with the kids.
@esli14 Liz Goslin
Whenever I’m stressing
about school, I read the #FTK story on my bulletin board…
puts things into perspective @UnCdM
19 Septembe, 2011
Read our blog post to nd out ho
experiences ith our organization have
inuenced graduates in their current
jobs. Check out page II o the Nesletter
or to-time Overall Committee member
Kate Gilliam’s memory o UNC-DM.
[GrantRant]Learn the ins and outs o one o the nine
ne grants that e have made possible
or N.C. Children’s Hospital. This month
e eature the palliative care unit,
hich provides counseling and treatment or seriously ill children and their amilies.
Meet a UNC student ho has been impactedby N.C. Children’s Hospital. This month,
read about Emily Horton and her connection
to N.C. Children’s Hospital.
Learn about many o the events e put on throughout the year. In this issue,
UNC-DM gets a little seet and a little
messy as committees compete in the rst
Vermonster o the year. [Mission365]a year-round effort
[HospitalInspiration]for UNC-DM Dedication
— Tommy Lasorda, former Major League Baseball player since1954, the longest non-continuous tenure anyone has had withthe Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
“Never send an adult
to do a kid's job.”
Tweet the movie this Quotation
is from and we’ll take your
suggestion for the next spy movie
Quotation we use!
"The difference between the impossible
and the possible lies in a man's determination."
[ZeroedIn]Where are they noW
Page V
Page V
Page II
Page III & IV
unC-dM’s IMPaCt
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Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept itWelcome UNC-DM family, to our first themed
newsletter of the year.We’re glad you’re here. We hope you will consider this five-paged, freshly created, spy-themed
information source as your inside-man, or “secret-
agent,” if you will, for all things UNC-DM. For those
of you who have yet to connect the dots, the theme
of the 2012 UNC Dance Marathon is Mission: Possible.Many people who could not attend the annualtheme reveal at Player’s Dance Club found out
our theme via UNC-DM’s Twitter @UNCDM.Double-Oh-Seven inspired, our theme implies
our readiness to tackle the challenge of improving
the lives of patients and families of N.C. Children’s Hospital, as stated in our organization’s mission,which you can view on page one underneath our logo. Some of the pieces you will see monthly thatmake up the puzzle of this newsletter include:
1. “Hspital ispiati f UnC-dM eicati,”
where you will meet a UNC student who has either
been directly impacted by N.C. Children’s Hospitalor knows somebody who has been. (Page III)
2. “Zee i: Whee ae they w?” where you
will encounter a link to our rst-of-the-month blog post
in the newsletter. Read about the ways in whichexperiences with our organization have inuencedgraduates in their current jobs. (Page IV)
3. “Isie Scp datba: Behi the sceesF the Kis,” where you will enter the life
of someone who plays a crucial role in one of the
many aspects of our organization. There are a plethora
of options – which role will the dart land on thismonth? (Page II)
4. “gat rat,” where you will learn the ins
and outs of one of the nine new grants that we
have made possible for N.C. Children’s Hospital.
(Page II)Be sure to look for these stories, and many more,
each month.
As part of Publicity committee, we are working
hard to make sure this newsletter is engagingto you and all other members of the UNC-DM
family, that is, a community of people who arebrought together through their interactions,
dedication, love and heart for the patientsand families at N.C. Children’s Hospital. Helpus spread awareness of our mission by passingthe newsletter on to others who would enjoy
scrolling through its pages.We are open to all suggestions from readers
like you. If you have a story idea, a comment, acritique, a criticism or know someone who wants
to receive the newsletter, simply let us know.
We are here to inform you. Just mention @UNCDM on Twitter, send an email to Kaylee Baker([email protected]) or come visit us on UNC’scampus in suite 3508D in the Student Union.
A million thanks for reading. We’re thrilled
to dive into this year with you and make it possiblefor the patients and families.
For the Kids,
oLIvIA BArroWpublicity chair2012 unc-dm
2012 UNC-DM Theme Reveal
photo by carolyn stotts | Dancers at Player's Dance Club anxiously waitfor the Overall Committee to hold up the last sign, announcing thetheme of the 2012 UNC Dance Marathon: Missi Pssible.
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GRANT RANT
When Leisa and Jim Greathouse discoveredtheir son Samuel had a rare blood disease known
as Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH), they were
determined to ght the disease as a family. Samuel underwent “salvage” treatment and learned his LCH
was inactive. However, Samuel had a relapse
and needed a bone marrow transplant.Shortly before Samuel was to receive his transplant,
his bilirubin (a pigment formed in the liver) rose,disqualifying him from receiving the transplant.
Leisa and Jim hoped Samuel’s bilirubin wouldlower, but also wanted to spend as much time at home
as possible. At the time, a Pediatric PalliativeCare Program was unavailable in the hospital, so they
decided to go home where two-year-old Samuelpassed away Sept. 17, 2007.
“[We] can’t help but wonder how improvedour quality of time would have been with a PalliativeCare team walking the journey with us,” Leisa
and Jim said.With UNC Dance Marathon’s nancial help, N.C.
Children’s Hospital’s Department of Pediatricscreated a Pediatric Palliative Care Program (PPC).
A committee of people interested in palliativecare for children formed several years ago at the
hospital. This committee’s hope was to create
a service where people from many backgroundswould come together to enhance quality of lifefor patients.
The program is made up of chaplains, therapists,nurses, physicians and psychologists who form
a clinical consultation service. Nurse practictionerDiane Yorke said the committee would work together
to provide information on goal setting, difcult conversations with patients and families, bereavement
services and pain management for dying children.Before UNC-DM was available to help, the hospital
did not have the financial support it needed
to create the program.In addition to helping with creation and training
the committee, UNC-DM provides part of Yorke’ssalary, along with the partial salary of Physicianand Program Co-Director and Medical Director
Elisabeth Potts Dellon and Psychology Fellow
Mary Beth Grimley. The program has a long-termgoal to expand with children’s hospice programsacross North Carolina.
The clinical consultation service, which will
consult with patients and families in the hospital,will open in January 2012. “The key thing at this
point is that the service wouldn’t be possible without UNC-DM,” Dellon said. “Pediatric PalliativeCare services are becoming a standard of care
for patients that have life threatening conditions.It is extremely important to the well-being
of the children.”The program reects UNC-DM’s mission to “improve
the quality of life for the patients and families of N.C. Children’s Hospital.”
“The goals of PPC include promoting hope
and healing, two things that UNC-DM also strives
to provide for these families,” said UNC-DMOverall Coordinator Gracie Beard.UNC-DM’s efforts give families the resources
they need to ensure quality of life for their children.“The Pediatric Palliative Care [Program]…
would have been a welcome resource in our situation.Whether it is two years or seventy-two years,
it is the quality of those years shared betweenparents and their child[ren] that truly matter,”Leisa and Jim said.
Pediatric Palliative care Program
Megan Turner
Every year during UNC Dance Marathon’s
Dancer Recruitment Week (DRW), students signup to take part in 24 hours that often changetheir lives.
Last year during DRW, the Morale committee
caught the attention
of Brian Min, a junior
psychology and women’s
studies double major.Min said he did not know
a lot about UNC-DM,
but did know it was
a great cause he wanted
to get involved with.“UNC-DM made me realize
that I can actually do something for others,”he said.
UNC-DM helps unite the UNC-CH campus and the event allows students to dance for
“one goal, one cause and one hope,” according
to Min. This connection was his favorite inspiration
during the marathon.When asked, “What does UNC-DM mean to you?”
Min said: “UNC-DM is what Carolina is all about. The students care about others and realize that
nothing matters if we don’t have a heart.”Min said the marathon taught him that “we
have the power to change the world.” Thanksto Min and many other dancers, the lives
of patients and families at N.C. Children’sHospital are being changed.
“UNC-DM is a collaboration of wonderfullywell-rounded UNC students, and it reectswho we are,” Min said.
Where dId the dart land
unC-dM danCer
2010 dancer Brian Min
Megan Turner
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operation
I was on Community Events sophomore
year, junior year I was the Finance
sub-chair for the Business Management
committee, and this year I’m thegrants sub-chair for the Business
Management committee.
Q: What yu like best abut
bei a sub-chai?
A: Our Overall Committee members
do so much, and are just so devoted,
so it’s a really great way to take a step
up from just being on the committee, and really get to do actual work that
you see coming to fruition.
Q: What ca yu tell me abut
the Aytte family’s cectiwith UnC-dM?
A: Asheton had a hole in her heart,
and was born really premature… she was in the NICU for a really long
time. And her parents ... know that’s
really traumatic. So I think it really
touches them. They had to live through
it … anything you can do to make
that awful experience any better,they’re just really supportive of.
Q: What es Ashet thik abuthe le i UnC-dM? What es she
thik abut yu ilemet?A: Asheton and her whole family
Emily Horton, a senior from Raleigh
who has been involved with UNC-DMsince she was a rst-year, found
an extra connection to the cause
when she learned that the girl
she babysits three times each week,
Asheton Ayotte, was helped by N.C.
Children’s Hospital and UNC-DM
as a baby. The Ayotte family continues
to stay involved, and Asheton even
served as one of the 24 Kid Co-Captains
at last year’s marathon. Read below
to nd out how this inspires Horton,
now a sub-chair for the Business
Management committee, to keep
on dancing:
Q: Why i yu ecie t et ilewith UnC-dM?
A: I knew about it coming to Chapel Hill. I had some friends in high schoolwho had actually danced. I did lots of volunteering in high school. I used
to dance a lot, so I thought it sounded
like a great way to get involvedat Carolina, so I applied as a rst-year.It was awesome, because you get to meet a ton of people and do all sorts
of events around campus and around
Chapel Hill, and so I kind of fell in love with it, and I’ve done it everyyear since.
Q: What cmmittees hae yusee ?
A: When I was a rst-year, I was on the Campus Fundraising committee.
photo by emily evans | Asheton Ayotte takes a picture with her babysit, UNC Senior Emily Horton.
absolutely love all things UNC-DM.
She was so excited to get to be a Kid Co-Captain. She literally eatsit up. She loves to get involved
and meet all these older kids who
are interested in her -- she just thinks
it’s the coolest thing in the world.
Her dancer team, last year at the Marathon, all signed a big team
card for her, and it sat out on the
dining room table for forever. She just
loved it. She’d be like ‘Emily, did you
see my card?’ Then she has a UNC-DMwater bottle that she brings around,
even to her Bouncing Bulldogs jumprope team practice. I see her onWednesdays, and I have UNC-DMmeetings Wednesday nights. Andwhenever I tell her I’m going to UNC-DM,she’s like, “that’s so cool!” And her
family loves it too.
Q: Hw es it make yu feelt kw yu hae this exta
cecti t UnC-dM?
A: It’s really cool because whenwe started, we didn’t know Asheton
had any involvement in UNC-DM.
It denitely brings it home, tomake it a real story--that somebody
you know had to deal with this,
and beneted from things that you’ddone, and thinks I’m super coolbecause I know what UNC-DM is.
DEDICATIONq&a with emily horton | what unc-dm means to meEmily Evans
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COMMITTEE RECRUITMENT WEEK
Publicity sub-chairs Ashlyn Still and Renée Montpetit encourage UNC studentsto sign up to join a UNC-DM committee during its annual Committee RecruitmentWeek (CRW), this year held Sept. 6-9.
Q: What es UnC-dM mea t yu?
A: As a rst-year, I think one of my
favorite things was that I got to know
so much more about how the
University works as a whole.I loved that I got to meet so many
people, and I just really enjoyedbeing a part of the UNC-DM network
and community…it’s a very friendly
community. It’s cool as a rst-year—you don’t really know anybody,
and it’s incredible to meet all these
people who are so excited aboutbeing your friend. And then from there, I found more of my favorite things—
falling in love with the cause, throughAsheton, and getting to work
one of the Parents’ Night Out dinners,
and getting to go to the hospitaland getting to play… that’s cool.To get to talk to the kids’ parents,who are so appreciative to just get out of their rooms for a hot
meal one night…you don’t really
think that’s a big deal, but then
you go there, and they’re literally
living on hospital food. I just think
that UNC-DM is nice in that it’s righthere, on campus. It’s not like we write
a big check and then we send it away. We get to actually see it in action.
It creates such a community
for the campus—I mean, you don’tever talk to anyone on campus who doesn’t know what UNC-DM is.
[ W h e r e s a r e t h e
y n o w ]
This month, learn about the ways in which UNC-DM
has impacted two-time Overall Committee member Kate Gillam in her current post-Carolina experiences.
Visit uncdm.wordpress.com to view this story or click
the image to the left.
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A UNC-DM FLASHBACK
“There’s the one feeling when
you all learn together what the total
is, like look what we did, but it’s
even more incredible when you get
to share it with everyone else.”
-Kate gillam, on nding out andrevealing the grand total at the 2009
marathon. Gillam was UNC-DM’s2009 Alumni Relations chair and
2010 Publicity chair.Click here to read more about Kate.
OPERATIONVerMonster
Nine UNC Dance MarathonCommittee teams, 90 excited
UNC students and 180 scoops of ice-cream all came together
for a great cause at the first
Ben & Jerry’s Vermonster Challengeof the semester Sunday, Sept. 25.
The Morale committee swept awaythe competition with Publicitycommittee coming in second. Morale
committee member and senior Adrian
McLaurin celebrated a victory
and his 19th Vermonster Challenge.“My favorite part is draining
the bucket and holding it up afteryou win,” McLaurin said.
The Vermonster Challengeconsists of an unlimited number
of 10-person teams demolishing
a bucket containing 20 scoops of ice cream in ve different avors,as well as a medley of toppings suchas brownies, bananas and sprinkles.
The rst team to nish its bucketof ice cream wins the opportunityto compete in the nal VermonsterChallenge on stage during the
marathon February 17 and 18.The Vermonster Challenge is
sponsored by Ben & Jerry’s, a major UNC-DM partner, according to senior Michael Hieronymus, Operationscommittee chair.
“Vermonsters are not only funopportunities for us to get to know
other students on our committees,but they also are a great way we
can support Ben & Jerry’s.
Its partnership is crucial to UNC-DM
because it faithfully donates ice
cream to our events throughout
the year and regularly donates
to the Hospital and to the marathon,”
Hieronymus said.Operations sub-chair and senior
Katie Dight said a winning strategylies in choosing the right toppingsand ice cream avors.
“The best advice is choosingthings you do not have to chew
like whipped cream or sprinkles.
Also, go for sorbets and lighter
ice creams,” said Dight.The next Vermonster is Sunday,
Oct. 16. It only costs $3.50 to support N.C. Children’s Hospital and attemptto earn a chance to compete
at the marathon.“What could be better than
the opportunity to compete againstother committee teams in front
of a thousand of your closest friendsfor one epic prize: bragging rights?,”
Hieronymus said.
PHOTO: ASHLYN STILL | Deep into their Vermonster, this committees voracity was not enough
to overcome the Morale committee.
COMMITTEES KICK Off YEAR wITH ICE CREAM
Next Issue Learn About
• UNC-DM fact vs. fiction
• One o our Kid Co-Captains
• Students’ connection to N.C. Children’s Hospital
• The grant or the
Division o Genetics and
Metabolism
• And another UNC-DM
flashback
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If you have any questions,
comments, concerns, please
contact 2012 Publicity Chair
Olivia Barro at