2018 March Madness Charity Competition Our 2018 March Charity Madness competition started out like every other year. 64 customer teams were assigned a seed at random with the goal of making it to the final four. All final four teams, plus one wild card team drawn at random, were rewarded with a donation by Crest to the charity of their choice in their company’s honor. This year, however, we were able to touch more charities than ever! Below are the organizations that benefitted.
Children’s Miracle Network works to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible by providing funds to 170 member children’s hos- pitals. The unrestricted donations are often used to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric med- ical equipment and charitable care.
DonorsChoose.org is a nationwide nonprofit that supports a wide va- riety of public school classroom projects in need of funding. All March Charity Madness partici- pants were provided with a $10 do- nation code to use in support of a classroom project of their choice!
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humani- tarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, re- cover, and gain control of their future.
Mary’s Place empowers homeless women, children and families to take control of their lives by meeting basic needs such as hygiene, shelter, food, and clothing; and providing access to tools, information, support groups and resources to find employment, hous- ing, medical, and financial services. The Foundation provides financial assistance to Buffalo and Albany, NY area individuals and organiza- tions for post secondary educational services (scholarships), law enforce- ment and emergency responders, and community organizations in- volved in youth sports and fami- lies living with the challenges of a family member with special needs.
The Mission Continues empowers veterans who are adjusting to life at home to find purpose through community impact. By deploying veterans on new missions in their communities, their actions will in- spire future generations to serve. In total, $6,750 was donated to these organizations as part of our March Charity Madness contest. Thank you to all of our participants!
Liberty’s Kitchen provides pathways for New Orleans youth to create and achieve their vision of success through foodservice-based workforce training, leadership development, and support of healthy lifestyles.
The vision of Shining Star Chil- dren’s Advocacy Center is to reduce the trauma of child sexual and se- rious physical abuse through early identification of child victims, hold- ing offenders accountable, provid- ing victims and families with com- petent advocacy and counseling services, and community education.
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