Why do we “-thon”?

As the season of charitable walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons and jog-a-thons heats up, the Chimp blog is starting a series taking a look at charitable campaigns, from athletic events to charitable consumer products. Welcome to installment #1. History (or rather Wikipedia) tells us that the world’s first walk-a-thon took place in Puerto Rico in 1953. Diplo, a […]