Thank you Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for this amazing $20, 000 donation from the Big 3 Point Challenge. Thank you to Coach K for choosing us as a beneficiary, and thanks to the men's Duke basketball team for hitting all those 3s!

Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center is grateful to have been selected by Coach Mike Krzyzewski as the Duke charitable designee for the BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Big 3 Challenge, a three point contest between the Duke, NC State and UNC men’s basketball teams.

The team that scores the most three-point shots for the 2012-2013 regular season will win $20,000 for their selected charity from BCBSNC. Second place will win $5,000, and third place will receive $2,500. 

Fans can participate, too! You will help Duke earn points by simply texting the word “Duke” to 75309. The school with the most texts will receive an additional check for $2,500 at the end of the competition.  You can text once a day, so set a daily reminder! 

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The contest ends March 9. You can check to see how we’re doing on the official campaign website: bcbsnc.com/Big 3.