826CHI | Scrabble For Cheaters

Fundraising totals are updated daily¹ before 5:00pm.² Totals were last updated 10/22/11 09:23AM.

1. At the very least, barring unforeseen circumstances, we make our best attempt to do so every day, not including Saturdays or Sundays.
2. Keep in mind that the time listed above does not include a specific time zone. So to paraphrase a common saying, it's always before 5:00 somewhere.

MAKE A GENERAL DONATION TO ALL TEAMS

Can't decide which team to reward with your donation? You don't have to! Make a donation here, and we'll divvy up the the total on the day of the tournament to help every team rack up some more cheats. Either way every dollar and cent helps support the work of 826CHI's free creative writing and tutoring programs.

$55 of $1 million raised

BILLIONS OF BLISTERING BLUE BARNACLES

Capt. Jim Markus
and
Capt. Bentley Danger Ferraina

$730 of $500 raised

SANDROSES

Rose Wajda
and
Sandy DeChant

$100 of $100 raised

OLD MAN CORN

Jonathan Pool
and
Lindsay Patterson

Newly engaged Team Baby Corn, Jonathan Pool and Lindsay Patterson, returns this year as *Team Old Man Corn.

$325 of $1000 raised

PALAVRA

Matthew Tooley
and
Melissa Wimer

$400 of $300 raised

PANDAMONIUM

Alyson Lokken
and
Katie McGuire

$134.56 of $250 raised

NO Q IN TEAM

Diane Sparks
and
Paul Imboden

$310 of $500 raised

DILLON PANTHERS

Brenna Ivey
and
Janet Potter

$751 of $500 raised

TWO LITTLE INDIANS

Aparna Puppala
and
Meera Raja

Don't let those winning smiles fool you: Aparna and Meera, former college roommates and current board game dominators, look forward to destroying their piddly Scrabble competition again this October. Get ready for a JQZXKY explosion, folks. This one's gonna hurt.

$1232 of $1250 raised

TILE DRIVER

Allison Rickard
and
Brian O'Grady

Allison Rickard and Brian O'Grady are Team Tile Driver. We plan on bringing it to the tournament again this year.

$910 of $700 raised

THE INSCRUTABLES

Eric Gropp
and
Will House

Mister moonlight succulent smooth and gorgeous. Isn't it nice? We're number One and so forth. Isn't it sweet being unique?

$250 of $500 raised

THE SILENT K'S

Scott Onak
and
Jane Sloss

$217 of $102 raised

SCRABBLED EGGS

Nicole Twardzik
and
Jon Schoning

$170 of $200 raised

DRIVE TILER

Patrick Sisson
and
Hilary Solan

$380 of $300 raised

MR. & MRS. J-FRI

Manal Farhan
and
Asad Jafri

Team J-Fri, recently recognized by friends and family as "syllabic sultan(a)s," are on their way to becoming lexiconic legends, leaving legal limitations... behind! Yeah!

$120 of $1000 raised