SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. — Hundreds of students have spent the day dancing at a high school in Bucks County. It’s a dance party with a serious cause, raising money for a charity created in honor of a beloved student., a dance marathon.“For seven hours we are pledging. We are going to raise money for this cause, and for seven hours we’re going to dance for this cause,” student Ashley May said., in honor of classmate Maria Middleton who passed away at the age of 18 from an inoperable brain tumor.
Parents Susan and Brian Middleton say they created the Think Hope Foundation for their daughter who died in October 2020. The last words she wrote in her journal were “think hope.” Friends say Maria still has a powerful presence that they carry forward with her legacy of unleashing hope in a world of despair.