Signature Events
CancerFree KIDS knows that community support is crucial in ending childhood cancer. We host fundraising events all year to raise money for innovative research projects designed to find gentler, more effective treatments for kids battling cancer.
Butterfly Walk
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, OH
May 17, 2025
At CancerFree KIDS we do one thing; we fund innovative research in search of gentler treatments and cures for kids with cancer. Each year at the CancerFree KIDS' Butterfly Walk, families, friends and co-workers form teams to celebrate survivors, remember those for whom a cure did not come soon enough and raise money in support of our kids and our mission to end childhood cancer.
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Thanks to all of our supporters and participants of the 2025 Butterfly Walk, we raised over $166,000! Thank you for helping us in our mission and for making another great year of the Butterfly Walk.
100 Mile Challenge
presented by S&S Health
The CancerFree KIDS 100 Mile Challenge, presented by S&S Health, is a 30-day fitness and fundraising challenge in the month of September to honor Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Conquer the Challenge by completing 100 miles in September and raising $100 for CancerFree KIDS to fund life-saving childhood cancer research.
Thank you to those who participated as an individual, a Community Team, or with co-workers in the Corporate Competition. Our 2024 Challenge, raised over $330,000 with over 1,900 participants! We appreciate everyone who helped make this possible.
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Registration will open in the spring. Is your company interested in participating in the Corporate Competition? Contact Heather Willis at heather@cancerfreekids.org
Celebration of Courage
presented by altafiber
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The CancerFree KIDS Celebration of Courage, presented by altafiber, is our annual dinner and auction event dedicated to honoring all kids who have battled childhood cancer. In 2024, we had an unforgettable evening hosted at MegaCorp Pavilion in Newport, KY, that included a silent and live auction, grand raffles, wine, and bourbon pulls a tribute to our Champions, and one-of-a-kind entertainment from our Master of Ceremony, Local 12’s Bob Herzog. We had an awesome concert by the Rockers for Research All Star Band at our After Party again this year as well! Thanks to everyone who attended and donated, because of you all we were able to raise over $1,000,000! We hope to see you next year!
Night for the Fight
presented by TQL Foundation
Fifth Third Arena at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Night for the Fight, presented by TQL Foundation, is a unique, 12-hour overnight event that is planned by students, for students. High school students will come together at 5/3 Arena at the University of Cincinnati for a night filled with games, food, fun and inspiration to work toward one goal: knock out childhood cancer. This event not only raises much-needed money for pediatric cancer research, it inspires the next generation to join the battle to eliminate childhood cancer. This past year the students raised a total of $275,000 to help fund our mission to knock out childhood cancer!
