THON 2012 Slideshow

Students from PSU Wilkes-Barre show their support.

The Carter family tells the crowd how THON helped their family.

This is little Charlie Beecher. His father really poured in the emotions talking about how much his little boy is getting from the Four Diamonds Fund.

The crowd was wild during the final hour. You would never know that many in the building had been on their feet for 2 days.

Students gathered in circles and swayed as photos of kids who lost their battle to cancer were shown on the screen.

Numerous families took the stage to talk about their ordeals with childhood cancer and to thank THON for all the help.

The fencing team got creative!

In the final hour of THON a band really got the crowd going.

In the end, a new record. $10.68 million. More than $1million above last year's record.

And they were pretty good dancers too!

PSU football team.

Unity.

The football team of course got all kinds of cheers.

The Four Diamonds Symbol was a popular one in this crowd.

Newswatch 16's Renie Workman and photographer John Shema interviewed Jim Bush about THON's impact on his grandson.

There are kids all over the Bryce Jordan Center this weekend.

Renie Workman interviews Kristin Jenkins of Turbotville. She's a member of the Blue Band and danced for two days straight.

The lacrosse team rolled up their pant legs and wore black Nikes, just like JoePa always did... a nice tribute.

He did his signature pushups.. For the Kids.

The lion was of course the star of the show.

The kids are involved in everything here!

Families and children who have battled cancer paraded across the stage at one point. There were so many of them and a lot of them were from northeastern and central PA.

Mario wanted to be a Newswatch 16 reporter.

This is Jim Bush from Mount Carmel and his grandson Mario. Mario was diagnosed with cancer at only 9 weeks old.

Mason Dantone of Bear Creek was diagnosed with cancer at 4 years old. He said he was having a blast at THON with PSU student Ariana Gianacopoulos.

The men's gymnastics team stole the show with all kinds of flips and tumbles.

The hockey players put on quite a show.

Very interesting attire for the men's hockey team!

Pep rally.

During the pep rally, each PSU athletic team got up to do a dance. This is the field hockey team.

The Bryce Jordan Center was filled to capacity by 9am Sunday with people wanting to be part of the final hours of THON.

Saturday there was a talent show for the Four Diamonds kids. They sure have talent!

The twirler was throwing that baton up near the roof of the BJC.

Vincent Carrano interview.

Vincent Carrano of Pottsville.