Falcon Thon Fundraising Underway

Severna Park High School’s Key Club is gearing up for the second annual Falcon Thon, a fundraiser to support Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. The event is set for April 4 from 3:30pm-6:30pm, and students have started to collect donations.

Key Club members Nora Devine and Samantha Lavallee started Falcon Thon last year. Their goal: to plan a night of dancing, music, free food and beverages, a prize raffle and games for a good cause.

A former pediatric cardiology patient at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Samantha heard about the dance marathon program through the Baltimore hospital when she had a cardiology checkup in 2022.

“I immediately fell in love with the idea of it because it was a fun, healthy activity that my classmates and I could do, which also benefited kids who were in the hospital,” Samantha told the Severna Park Voice in 2024. “I felt that I needed to bring it to Severna Park High School the following year! Children’s Miracle Network helps to fund surgeries, research, families' stays at the hospital, and child life programs too.”

So far, raffle prizes have been provided by Kendra Scott, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, Zachary's Jewelers, Park Books, Rise Up Coffee Roasters, Shipley Do-nuts, The Blended Essentials, The FroYo House, the Chesapeake Baysox, Nature Junction, and Great Wolf Lodge (water park and resort) in Perryville, Maryland.

Maryland-based companies Entertainment Excellence and Kolstad Audio Services are providing DJ services for free. Wawa, Chick-fil-A, Squisito Pizza and Pasta, and Raising Cane’s are donating food and beverages.

Event sponsors include The FroYo House, Severna Park Tutoring & Educational Advocacy, Garry's Grill, Jennifer Yeatts (Realtor at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty), Landmark Roofing and Celebree School of Severna Park.

This year, the Severna Park High School Key Club is offering incentives for students who raise a certain amount of money on their participant pages. Students who raise $100 can receive a free T-shirt from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, and students who raise $300 can get a free tour of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

To attend the event, students must register and raise $50 on their participant page before the event in April.

Donations to Falcon Thon 2025 can be made online.

For more information, find the Falcon Thon event pages on Instagram and Facebook.