CC4C<\/a> is introducing a new group of children to its Dream Teams program, which pairs children living with rare medical conditions with local high school or college teams.<\/p>\nThe children become honorary members of their teams for two years, participating in activities and events and building relationships with the student-athletes.<\/p>\n
Amelia joins the Golden Spurs<\/p>\n
Six-year-old Amelia recently met her Dream Team, the Legacy Ranch High School Golden Spurs dance team.<\/p>\n
The dancers welcomed Amelia into their dance room, threw an impromptu dance party featuring two of her favorite songs and officially made her an honorary Golden Spurs dancer.<\/p>\n
Harper gets her own pompoms<\/p>\n
Six-year-old Harper was matched with the Westlake High School cheerleaders.<\/p>\n
When she met the team in their practice gym, the cheerleaders surprised her with a swag bag containing her own pompoms, team T-shirts and a cheerleader hair bow.<\/p>\n
CC4C says Harper has been practicing with her new pompoms ever since.<\/p>\n
Evelyn becomes a Blue Belle<\/p>\n
Eight-year-old Evelyn is now an honorary member of the Leander High School Blue Belles dance team.<\/p>\n
Her first meeting with the Blue Belles included a special welcome song, icebreaker games, a dance party and team gear.<\/p>\n
More than a one-day experience<\/p>\n
The introductions are just the beginning.<\/p>\n
Dream Teams are matched with their CC4C children for two years, with teams including the children in activities and events throughout the relationship.<\/p>\n
CC4C says matches are based in part on shared interests, with the goal of giving each child a welcoming community where they feel accepted and included.<\/p>\n
The nonprofit currently has 14 children matched with Dream Teams across the Austin metro area. Three more children are expected to meet their teams later this month.<\/p>\n
CC4C also supports families of children with rare medical conditions through financial assistance for qualifying medical expenses not covered by insurance, family well-being programs, social events and special trips.<\/p>\n
More information for families and people interested in supporting the organization is available at CC4C.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin, TX \u2014 Three Central Texas children are starting the school year with some new teammates and plenty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-444100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}