About Us

Our Mission

We climb to promote wellness, research, and to elevate and celebrate those affected by kidney cancer

Our Vision

We will keep climbing 4 kidney cancer until we reach the summit and there are no more kidney cancer patients to climb 4.

Our Values

1. 100% of all donations and 100% of net earnings go to kidney cancer research and advocacy*
2. Promote healthy outdoor lifestyles to prevent cancer and cancer recurrence
3. Tell patient stories through stair climbing, rock climbing and mountain climbing events around the world
4. Use the symbolism and imagery of climbing to elevate and celebrate those affected by cancer
5. Prioritize research that explores the connection between wellness and cancer prevention and treatment

Our Mottos

Conquer Together
Just Keep Climbing
Together We’re Infinitely Strong
Do Good

Hashtags

#C4KC
#ConquerTogether
#JustKeepClimbing
#DoGood

Climb 4 Kidney Cancer is a division of Team8, a 501-c non-profit organization.  Join us as we tell stories of patients around the world to bring attention to this often overlooked cancer.  We are based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  We are in need of volunteers please email us at hello@climb4kc.org. Our logo attempts to capture some of these ideals

Team8 Mission

We climb to promote wellness, research, and to elevate and celebrate those affected by cancer

Team8 Board of Directors

Nathan Honson, Chris Weight, Julie Card, Arpit Rao, Elise Whitehill, Molly Reppenhagen, Laura Johnson, Sandy Schmitz, Debi Harman, Mike Cofrin

Team8/Climb 4 Kidney Cancer Organization and Commitment to Donated Dollars

We cannot meet our goals without the help of many, many wonderful volunteers or Team8s (teammates) as we like to call them.  Volunteer and become our Team8. See the organizational structure and look for opportunities to volunteer.  We are committed to maximize your contributions so that they go where you (and we) want them to go.  We commit that 100% of donations from individuals go to Cancer Research.*  No board member is paid for serving on the board.  Your donations do not pay for travel for climbs we do around the world either.  These are all self funded climbs.  We also commit to donate 100% of net proceeds of all climbing events.

*Some corporate donations are given to support specific programs or events, but 100% of private/individual donations and corporate donations stipulated for research will go to research funding.

Original Logo Design/Branding

Cue Labs, CEO and President, Nick Lamoreaux

Design/Branding

Hendlin!

Everest/Climb to Space Challenge Programmer

Shawn Grove

Website Design

Christopher Weight, Nate Anderson, Ackmann & Dickenson LLC

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Contact Us

Climb 4 Kidney Cancer is a Program/Division of Team8

6440 City West Parkway

Eden Prairie, MN 55344

hello@climb4kc.org