For inquiries, please email Sidney@ConnectingChampions.org

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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 moment for a newly diagnosed child. At the end of the year, your team gets a personalized scrapbook sharing the friendships you made possible!

Choose an
existing team

Anya’s Army (Dana’s Team) Ari & John’s Team Ashleen Wilwohl's Team Blessy Bellamy’s Team Brackenridge Hall Bruce Hall Brian’s friends and family Brown School of Public Health Camden's Crew CLA Opportunity Team Clarke Valve Colin Dunlap’s Celebrity Team Copley’s Family & Friends Craig and Will’s Team Dab4David Team Eat'n Park Effectively Wild Listeners Forbes Hall Grable Globetrotters Haley Roberts' Team Holland Hall Jeff Lipton’s Team Jen Lutz’s Team Lex’s Team Manny's Team MassMutual Pittsburgh Matt Johnson’s Team (in honor of his friend Blake) MCPASS the Ball (Marietta College PA Student Society) Mike E’s Team Nicole’s Team (in honor of her friend Avery) Nordenberg Hall Northwestern University (Kai Veitinger) Pitt Connecting Champions student group *Pittsburgh* Pittsburgh Young Professionals (PYP) Pitt Mens Rugby Football Club RoadRunner Recycling Robin and Don’s Team Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP Schell Games Friends and Family Schlesinger/Turner/Feinerman Sean Nolan’s Team Sidney’s Team (in memory of his friends Riley, Ryan, Anya, & Dyllan) Soulful Flow & Christ Church for #CLE Sutherland Hall Texas Christian University Thompson and Knorr Family and Friends Tower A Tower B Tower C Tumornators (led by Jenna Snyder) Val’s Team Vegas Madness

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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 43 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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Highlights from the 2019 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​

February 3rd - March 14th
     Teams register for the March to Friendship

March 15th 
    Selection Sunday -- brackets are live
          (basketball teams only)

March 19th
    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

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)