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Every year, coworkers, friends, and classmates form teams to help local kids & young adults with cancer across the country. 
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Teams have two options:
  1. Make their March Madness pool charitable

  2. Bring together a group of friends & family to pitch in small donations and sponsor a kid

Every $250 a team pools together sponsors a newly diagnosed child/young adult. At the end of the year, your team gets personalized updates about the friendships you made possible!

CONNECTING CHAMPIONS - general team Robin and Don's Friends and Family Team! Connecting Champions at Pitt PACT Isabela’s Friends & Family Kappa Delta at Pitt
or Start your own team
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About the Nonprofit You're Helping

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Connecting Champions asks kids & young adults with cancer, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and connects them with a mentor for the cancer journey.

Through our in-person and virtual friendship programs, we’ve paired children & young adults in nine cities with mentors from over 50 different career paths, such as fashion design, robotics, zoology, and ghost hunting.

Our mentors visit on a weekly to monthly basis during treatment and into survivorship.
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Our evidence-based, outcomes-driven friendships help children & young adults better survive the cancer journey developmentally, socially, and emotionally.

Highlights from the last March to Friendship

Total raised: $35,000
Friendship moments sponsored: 140

Congratulations to last year's top teams!

Top Friends and Family Team - Lex's Team $9,854
Top Companies and Schools Team - RoadRunner Recycling $1,488
Top Rookie Team - University of Pittsburgh Connecting Champions Club $378

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Timeline​

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February 3rd - March 12th
     Teams register for the March to Friendship

March 14th 
    Selection Sunday -- brackets are live
          (basketball teams only)


March 19th
    Deadline to submit brackets
          (basketball teams only)


March 1st to March 31st
    Donate & sponsor every kid!

Ready to get started?
Register your team or choose an existing team toward the top of the page.

...or reach out to us with any questions!


2019 Leaderboad

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  • Blog
  • About Us
    • What We Do
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
    • Recognition
    • News
    • FAQs
  • Events
    • Pittsburgh Marathon Charity Team
    • Night of Inspiration
    • JLM Masquerade Ball
    • Toast to 250 – The next chapter
    • March to Friendship
    • Holiday Toy Drive
  • Ways to Help
    • Refer a Child or Young Adult
    • Newsletter
    • Volunteering
  • Contact
  • -Give-
    • Make a Donation >
      • Make a Donation
    • Donate an Activity Kit