The national director for CCFA's Team Challenge program is Craig Comins, ccomins@ccfa.org. But it sounds like you might want to contact the Mid America Chapter too. I did a search for you on and found Andi Cosby is the executive director for your chapter. Acosby@ccfa.org
Best of luck to your daughter!

Thanks Mustang!

elmer, I've had some very bad TC experiences myself. Might I suggest you also contact your local CC BOARD members. Far more powerful people than the local executive director.

I have found TC to be quite the cliquish thing. Lots of people involved, "leading" who may just be in for mini vacations. Have contacted Craig myself in the past (after my local TC leader reprimanded me for having to run out to the bathroom at the end of the pasta party for the vegas half in 2011), and he never even bothered to respond, even though I had raised over 10K in one year for TC.

My experience with Team Challenge echoes what Liz wrote above. I'm sure there are people with different goals who loved it; however, I found the focus on the vacation element of TC and the inflexibility of some of their rules to not be aligned with what I was trying to accomplish. I tried working through our local chapter about my concerns and got nowhere; I wrote the CCFA President in NY and never heard back (which I now realize was a misguided way for me to approach the problem). So, I bet Liz's advice about who to contact is a good way to go.

I ended up doing independent fundraising - not through TC - and did a half marathon on my own. I sent the money directly to CCFA as a group donation so none of it was used to defray extraneous costs associated with TC.

Your daughter deserves to be honored and the support group deserves to get the satisfaction of contributing with or without TC. Perhaps you could think of a way that her bravery could be acknowledged on a more local level (on a float at a spring parade, at a sporting event, feature article in the paper, etc.) and, if you wanted to, you could also highlight your CCFA fundraising in the process. You could honor your daughter, increase awareness, and do fundraising all at the same time. Some of the high schools in our county require community service and/or senior projects, so maybe you could find a student who wants to champion this cause?

No matter what, I think CCFA needs to be clearly informed of the consequences of their decision and the disregard they showed you. I am furious just reading about it.

Give your daughter a hug from her supporters here on this site!