Welcome to the March to Friendship!
Helping kids with cancer pursue their passions

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Every year, people across the country form teams with their coworkers, friends, and classmates to help local children with cancer. 
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Teams have three options:

1. Make their March Madness pool charitable
   
   
2. Host creative events (dress down Friday, pizza party, charitable yoga classes, etc.)
   
   
3. Simply ask people to pitch in a small donation

Donations support kids in Connecting Champions -- a mentoring nonprofit for kids with cancer, centered around the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

Every $250 a team pools together sponsors a friendship for a newly diagnosed child. At the end of the year, your team gets a personalized scrapbook sharing the friendships you made possible!

Ready to get started?

We'll send you blurbs and flyers -- all you need to do is pass them along.

Choose an
existing team

Alanna Figurelli's Team Anya’s Army (Dana’s Team) Ashleen Wilwohl's Team Brown School of Public Health Camden's Crew Dana Gold's Team Deb Mills Scofield's Team Team Eat'n Park: Smiley's Squad (Amy Malishchak and Heather Hibala) Effectively Wild Listeners Grable Globetrotters Haley Roberts' Team Kappa Delta - Pitt Lex’s Team Linda McAllister's Team MCPASS the Ball (Marietta College PA Student Society) Mike E’s Team Pitt CCChampions student group Pittsburgh Young Professionals (PYP) Pitt Mens Rugby Football Club RoadRunner Recycling Robin, Don, and Madeline’s Team Sidney’s Team (in memory of his friends Riley, Ryan, Anya, and Dyllan) Terrence McAllister's Team Texas Christian University Val’s Team

or reach out to us at March@ Connecting Champions.com with any questions!

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About the Nonprofit You're Helping

Connecting Champions is mentoring nonprofit for kids with cancer, centered around the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" 

So far, we've paired kids with 35 different professions -- everything from ballerinas and train conductors to chefs and ghost hunters!

Our research-based, outcomes-driven approach helps bridge the developmental gap between kids with cancer and their peers. Thanks to our historic partnership with UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, we have become a part of the hospital care team and our referral rate has skyrocketed to 90%.

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Goal for 2019

Let's raise $45,000

We can create 180 new Friendship Moments

​Together, we can make sure every newly diagnosed kid in Pittsburgh is sponsored by a team in the March to Friendship!

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Timeline

February 5th - March 14th
     Teams register for the March to Friendship

March 17th 
    Selection Sunday -- brackets are live
          (basketball teams only)

March 21st
    Deadline to submit brackets
          (basketball teams only)

March 1st to March 31st
    Donate & sponsor the kids!

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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!

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Highlights from 2018 March to Friendship

​Last year's bracket competition had 600+ donors from ​​35 different states and 4 countries.


We raised a total of $45,380 and sponsored 181 friendship moments for newly diagnosed kids with role models. 

Top Performing Teams: (Starting Five)

Company that raised the most:
Road Runner Recycling

​Family/Friends that raised the most:
Friends of Soulful Yoga Flow
​(led by Shirley McCormack)

​School that raised the most:
MCPASS the Ball (Marietta College PA Student Society) 

Most donors:
Matt Galambos's Friends and Family

Second Most Donors:
Hibal-la So Hard Bracket for the Kids
(Heather Hibala)