With the success of our 2021 March Madness Charity Bracket, we decided to host another one in 2022, with a $50 gift card prize this time! We saw even more success this year, with 150+ participants and $850 raised to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
We hosted a second sports drive, where we collected more lightly used sports equipment to donate to the Sports Shed. We collected 3 bags of basketballs, 3 full golf sets, 11 baseball bats, 10 racquets, a variety of sports helmets and cleats, and more!
We organized a March Madness Charity Bracket, where participants donated $5 to create a bracket on ESPN's March Madness Bracket Challenge. Congrats to our winner, Brandon Ballarini, who won a $25 Visa Gift card! We had 80+ total participants and $650 was donated to Brandon's chosen charity: Misericordia.
We organized a kids clothing and toy drive, collected a wide variety of items from board games to winter coats. We donated all items to Cradles to Crayons, which redistributed the items to children in the Chicago area.
We raised $270 to purchase 24 new basketballs-- we partnered with Youth Services to donate these basketballs to children in the area.
We ran a sports equipment drive and collected a wide variety of sports items to donate to the Sports Shed, which distributed our donations to underprivileged kids in the Chicago area. Thanks to your donations, we collected over 400 individual pieces of sports equipment!
We raised money to purchase new basketballs, water bottles, headbands, etc for Lydia Homes, an orphanage in Chicago. We donated 12 basketballs, 1 pump, 12 water bottles, and numerous pinney shirts and headbands.