Thank you to all who joined us at the Letters to God Premiere on April 9th - 11th, 2010!
 
Inspired by a true story, "Letters to God" is about how a young boy fighting cancer finds strength and hope through writing letters to God, and in doing so changes the lives of those around him.

TeamConnor was able to partner with the film's producers, who brought us "Fireproof" and "Facing the Giants", to offer tickets to select showings in local theaters with proceeds benefiting The TeamConnor Cancer Foundation. The premiere weekend was a big success!

Thank you to these sponsors and volunteers!

Prestonwood Christian Academy - Sunday School Class
Prestonwood Christian Academy - Girls Basketball
Prestonwood Christian Academy - Boy's Baseball
Patrick and Kelly Matthews
Joy and Tait Cruse
Elizabeth Collins

The first ever TeamConnor Night at the Dallas Stars game on Friday, April 2, 2010, proved to be a huge success! TeamConnor would like to give a special thanks to all who supported us for this event, our volunteers and the Dallas Stars.

We are already in the planning stages for the 2011 TeamConnor Night! Hope to see you there!

On March 18, 2010, over 25 guests joined host, Maria Kell to celebrate the successes of small business owners and to party with a purpose!  Guests enjoyed socializing with other small business owners at the elegant Capriccio Ristorante in Dallas while helping to put an end to childhood cancers.  The night spotlighted The TeamConnor Cancer Foundation as the beneficiary. Special thanks to all of your support and donations to the TeamConnor Cancer Foundation! 

Employees of the Texas Financial Group – Dallas rallied together to collect toys on behalf of TeamConnor. The toys were delivered to the Child Life department at Medical City Children’s Hospital on December 18th.  The donation made a big difference to the families in the hospital this holiday season.   Parents were given the opportunity to pick out Christmas toys for their sick kids and their siblings.

August 2009

Matt and Tonya Russo hosted 80+ runners from 12 different states at their home in New Canaan, Connecticut.  They ran during the day and through the night for over 500 miles in a relay that lasted for 60 hours.

Some donned headlamps, others just a lot of sweat - all in honor of Connor and the work that Team Connor is doing. 

Over the course of the weekend the relay raised over $200,000.

Our First Annual III Forks Golf Classic and Auction Dinner was a huge success! The dinner and the golf tournament were sold out!

Special thanks to Pete Delkus, WFAA (emcee) and Rick Stacy, Stacy Furniture (auctioneer)! Photos coming soon!

Save the date! Next year’s tournament is set for Monday June 14th, 2010. For more information, visit our Upcoming Events Page.

The TX TOUGH Tour is a pledge fund-raiser created exclusively to raise money for Children's Medical Center in Dallas. When you sign up and pledge to raise money for Children's, you have the opportunity to participate in a RUN, SWIM or BIKE event.

SUPPORT A PARTICIPANT! If you are unable to participate in any of the stages but would like to contribute, you can support someone you know or any of the riders, runners or swimmers participating in any of the events. CLICK HERE to donate.

For the 08-09 year, TeamConnor participated in the bike event for TX Tough and raised 6401.28, and the run event and raised $8635 for a total of $15,036.28.

Thanks for being TX TOUGH to fight pediatric cancer!!!

August 8 - August 10, 2008 New Canaan, CT

Matt Russo created this relay race which took place in his home town. The goal was to run 400 miles to raise $400,000. Approximately 40 runners ran 80 five mile legs over the course of three days, to complete a 400 mile course.

Tait and Joy also participated as runners to help raise money for TeamConnor. Thank you to all the runners who participated!

Thanks to (TeamConnor’s) support we were able to double our financial commitment to the New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) Consortium. In the past, CNCF research funds have been used to help fund promising research and the costs of putting new patients on trial. Last year, half of the patients that participated in the 7 different clinical trials offered through the NANT were only able to receive these potentially lifesaving therapies because of your gift. In addition, your gift was also utilized to help fund research all over the country through the Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation's (CNCF) Junior Investigator Program. Some of the most notable 2 year research projects will be continuing at Sloan Kettering in New York, Texas Children's Cancer Center in Houston, Ohio State University and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

With hope,

Mark Dungan
Founder: Lunch for Life

September 2007

The first fund-raising event for TeamConnor was the Reach the Beach Relay Race and a raffle with offices across the country participating.

Our friend, Matt Russo, Managing Partner for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in New York, led a team of dedicated runners in this race in New Hampshire.

Connor and Tait were there to meet him at the end of the race.

Total funds raised for
TeamConnor: $171,000

To visit the Reach the Beach website: www.rtbrelay.com