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The March to Friendship -- A March Madness fundraiser helping build friendships for kids with cancer !

To Join a Team...
scroll down, find your team, & donate!
(once you donate, you'll get a link to make a bracket if you want)
To Start a Team...
with friends/family/coworkers -- go here!

March to Friendship 2016
Our Goal: $30,000
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Every year, we team up to show kids how many people are out there rooting for them to beat cancer!
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Why we do it:
This year, CCChampions must help ONE HUNDRED new children with cancer. Together, we can make sure that every one of those kids is sponsored with the friendship of a lifetime! Whatever our kids want to be when they grow up -- a policeman, teacher, video game designer, athlete, etc. -- we find that special someone to be there through all the stages of the cancer journey.


How it works:
People from across the country lead teams with friends/family/coworkers to sponsor newly diagnosed children, and for every $250 your team raises, a friendship is sponsored! You can fill out March Madness brackets with your team or lots of us just help our team reach their fundraising goal so we can get all the smiles & friendship updates. 

You can join a team below, or start your own! Starting a team is one of the most powerful ways to help a kid in CCChampions. And it's super easy -- we send you sample facebook posts/emails and all you need to do is share them!


March Madness Fans:​
[Note: bracket deadline has passed!] We provide each team with its very own March Madness bracket league (if basketball is your thing!), and anytime someone donates, they get a link to their team's special league. 

Find your team's smiling face below!

Leaderboard
SUPERSTARS

26 kids sponsored!

- Lex's Friends & Family 

12 kids sponsored!
- Kushner Family & Friends

8 kids sponsored!
- Team USM

5 kids sponsored!
​- Val's Friends & Family 
​- Big Guy Boosters


4 kids sponsored!
- Jeff Lipton's Friends & Family
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​​- Brown School of Public Health
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3 kids sponsored!

- Friends are wonderful! (led by Sue Gaudio)

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2 kids sponsored!
​-Team Schlesinger, Turner, & Feinerman
1 kid sponsored!
- Team Knorr

- Lazor Furniture & Friends

- Thrill Mill 2016

​​- Springfield Estates Elementary School
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​- Coy Thompson's Friends & Family
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​- Beta Rho Pi
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- Sam Gilman's Team Denver
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​​- Tresten Sweigard's friends & family
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​- Friends of Ally Stevens & Ja'Naya

- Bryce Johnson & Friends
almost one kid!
- Pitt CCChamps student group
- Copley's Friends & Family

- Capitol One
- Rebecca Knepp & the Paulie Walnuts
​- Ethan Hammerman's Friends & Family
- Pitt APO
- North Side Notch

- G'007 Champions Bracket (led by Ari Rosenberg)
​- Team Bruno (led by Sammy Woodward & Jenn Nedow)
​​- Dana DelleFemine's friends & family
​- the Deep Knee Bends (led by Chris Steinmeier)
- Sara Miller & Friends

​- Camden Lookabaugh & Friends
​- Marci Ronik & friends

- Isaac's Friends & Family
​- Paul Weiss's Team Sadie Mae
- Patsy Maxim's friends & family

waiting to kick off!
​​​​​- Jen's Friends & Family
- Megan Marshall's Family & Friends

- Katie Bupp's Family & Friends
- Yoga Warriors for Peace (led by Melissa Peet)
- Natalie Dall's friends & family
​- PJ & Wendy Belic

​- Hannah Tremel & Friends
- Amit Shimshi & Friends
- The Gill Team

ORANGE denotes teams led in honor of one of the kids in CCChampions!
Having trouble donating to your team below? No problem! Shoot us a quick email at MarchtoFriendship@CCChampions.com

Lex's Friends & Family
Our Goal: $5,500 (20 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Team USM
Our Goal: $4,000 (16 kids)
Val's Family & Friends
Our Goal: $1,250 (4 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Team Knorr
Our Goal: $500 (2 kids)
Brown School of Public Health
Our Goal: $1,000 (4 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Big Guy Boosters
Our Goal: $750 (3 kids)
The Gill Team
Our Goal: $500 (2 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Pitt CCChamps student group
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Pitt Alpha Phi Omega
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Lazor Furniture & Friends
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Copley's Family & Friends
Our Goal: $500 (2 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Rebecca Knepp & the Paulie Walnuts
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Kushner Family & Friends
Our Goal: $2,500 (10 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Isaac Mattson's Family & Friends
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Thrill Mill 2016
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Jen Lutz's Family & Friends
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Jeff Lipton's Family & Friends
Our Goal: $1,500 (6 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Megan Marshall's Friends & Family
Our goal: $250 (1 kid)
Paul Weiss's Team Sadie Mae
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Katie Bupp's Friends & Family
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Coy Thompson's Friends & Family
Our Goal: $500 (2 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Capital One
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Sam Gilman's Team Denver
Our Goal: $250 ​​(1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Friends are wonderful! 
(led by Sue Gaudio)

Our Goal: $500 (2 kids)
Yoga Warriors for Peace
(led by Melissa Peet)

Our Goal: $500 (2 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Ethan Hammerman's Friends & Family
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Beta Rho Pi
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

North Side Notch
​(led by Jim Rosati)

Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Tresten Sweigard's friends & family
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Team Schlesinger, Turner, & Feinerman
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
G'007 Champions Bracket
​(led by Ari Rosenberg)

Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Friends of Julie Baran & CCChampions kid Camden 
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Patsy Maxim's friends & family
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Natalie Dall's friends & family
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
the Deep Knee Bends
​(led by Chris Steinmeier)

Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Dana DelleFemine's friends & family
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Marci Ronik's friends & family
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

PJ & Wendy Belic
Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Team Bruno
(led by Sammy Woodward & Jenn Nedow)

Our Goal: $500 (2 kids)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Springfield Estates Elementary School
Our Goal: $500 (2 kids)
Friends of Bryce Johnson
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Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Friends of Hannah Tremel
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Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Friends of Ally Stevens & CCChampions kid Ja'Naya
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Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Amit Shimshi's Family & Friends
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Our Goal: $1,000 (4 kids)
Sara Miller's Friends & Family
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Our Goal: $250 (1 kid)
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise
Fundraising Websites - Crowdrise

Want to Start Your Own Team Instead? Awesome!
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Just fill out this short form HERE and you'll be all set!
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