Elk Toss Date

Tentatively, we have set the date for the 75th Annual Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival for Saturday, February 13, 2016. We'll provide more details later.

UPDATE: We're having some issues with coordinating some of the events and may need to change the date. Check back here later for more information.

UPDATED UPDATE: It now looks like we have tentatively rescheduled the Elk Toss for February 20, 2016. More details to follow. 

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATE: There were more issues with coordinating events, and now it looks like the Elk Toss will be held on Saturday, February 6. This is still tentative, and we'll post more information once the date is confirmed.

Rick Victor PSA

Rick Victor Dancing!

Rick Victor is Back!!

To celebrate native Pennsylvanian Andy Warhol's birthday, we have decided to post a few Rick Victor videos today... because it just feels right.

Scanned Articles and Letters

We were going through some old files, and we ended up scanning a bunch of newspaper articles and some letters from organizations that received Elk Toss donations. Enjoy...

2011 Danville News Article
2011 Letter from Compeer Lancaster
2011 Letter from the Ronald McDonald House
2011 Letter from SOS Children's Villages
2012 Sunday Item Article
2012 Letter from Church World Services
2012 Letter from Easter Seals
2013 Daily Item Article
2013 Letter from Easter Seals
2014 Daily Item Article

The 2016 Elk Toss, Charity Auction, and Winter Festival (75th Year!) is only about 8 months from now. Franz Klingermann will return this year with a vengeance.

Franz Update

Breaking News: Franz Klingerman is a Soviet spy. Or North Korean. Or Cuban.

He is also many other things.

Driveway Update - March 31, 2015

Urgent news from the Wagner Farm, as wet snow falls on this last day of March...

"so far just wet conditions but if snow starts to stick I will provide an update."

Stay tuned for more news if conditions change.

Schreiber Pediatric Center Blog

The Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center thanked the Danville German Society on their blog. You can see it here.

Note that they also thank Donegal High School who also recently held a dance marathon to raise money for Schreiber. That event was organized by the sister-in-law of the co-president of the Danville German Society. Family.

Elk Toss vs. THON

Many years, including 2015, the Elk Toss and the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) are held on the same weekend. Our Statistical Interpretation Department has complied the following analysis to determine which event is better.

	THON*	Elk Toss	Winner
Money Raised in 2015	$13,026,653.23	$2,150	THON
History	Started in 1973	75th Annual	ELK TOSS
Franz Klingermann?	NO	YES	ELK TOSS
Total Raised in Event History	$127,887,558.34	$24,839	THON
Number of Barns	0	1	ELK TOSS
Chickens?	NO	YES	ELK TOSS
Duration	46 hours	~6 hours	THON
Number of Dancers	700+	1**	THON
Beer?	NO	YES	ELK TOSS
Snow?	NO	YES	ELK TOSS

Final Score: Elk Toss 6, THON 4. Winner - ELK TOSS!

Notes:
*THON is an amazing event that has literally raised millions of dollars to fight pediatric cancer. We encourage supporting the organization.
**For purposes of this analysis, we are considering Joey McMonagle to be "dancing" while playing the guitar.

Driveway Conditions Update - March 4

Due to severe icing, the 2016 Elk Toss is postponed until next year. Please submit any questions via email to Joey McMonagle.