Elyse Meardon, executive director of University of Iowa (UI) Dance Marathon 2012 shares the organization's philanthropic efforts--stepping outside of your comfort zone, taking a stand, and transforming someone else's life by giving of your time and talents.
Dance Marathon is the largest student-run philanthropic organization west of the Mississippi River providing emotional and monetary support for pediatric-oncology patients who are being treated at the UI Children's Hospital and their families.
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Here are the star companies that have succeeded in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. The companies were gathered by Civic 50, a national initiative to survey and rank S&P 500 corporations on how they engage with the communities they serve and utilize best practices in their corporate cultures.