Cincinnati Children's competing in Damar Hamlin-inspired contest ahead of AFC championship

Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is participating in a football-themed fundraising challenge with other pediatric hospitals across the country.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is participating in a football-themed fundraising challenge with other pediatric hospitals across the country.
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is competing against three other pediatric hospitals to raise donations ahead of this Sunday's NFL playoff games.

The Cincinnati pediatric hospital is joined by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Children’s Mercy Kansas City and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in California for the Touchdown for Kids fundraising competition.

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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field during the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals game Jan. 2. Cincinnati Children's and other hospitals will use donations from the Touchdown for Kids contest to fund children's heart research in his honor.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field during the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals game Jan. 2. Cincinnati Children's and other hospitals will use donations from the Touchdown for Kids contest to fund children's heart research in his honor.

Each hospital represents a city that's home to an NFL team ‒ the Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers ‒ competing in the AFC or NFC championship games Sunday.

In honor of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and February being American Heart Month, the donations will support children's heart research, a press release said. Each hospital is hoping to raise $15,000.

Donations for the challenge will be counted until midnight Feb. 13, and can be made online at give.cincinnatichildrens.org/touchdown.

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