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Lifting for the Troops

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide college scholarships and educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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2026 Program

Join CMCO as we look to raise $130,000 for Gold Star families in 2026!

 

Last year, CMCO, along with our channel partners, industry partners, and friends and family, surpassed our goal of $75,000 and raised a total of $82,000, enough to cover the cost of three full scholarships.

Our 2026 campaign marks the seventh year, and our goal is bigger than ever. From September 1 to November 11, 2026, CMCO will donate $500 for every Harrington, Yale, Cosby, Gunnebo Industries, Magnetek, and Duff-Norton training event we host in the US. You can also help by donating in your company's name to Tunnel to Towers.

 

$82,000 raised in 2025, $350,000 raised over the past seven years for children of fallen patriots

 

Since 2019, we have been honored to have raised $350,000 for Tunnel to Towers, enough to cover 14 full scholarships. With your help, we can continue to provide educational support for children around the country whose parents have made the ultimate sacrifice.

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Tunnel to Towers (previously Fallen Patriots) provides college scholarships and educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty. Approximately 25,000 children have lost an active-duty parent in the military over the last 35 years. Of those, 96% of casualties are men, leaving behind single mothers to care for their families, and 60% report having trouble making ends meet.

The foundation reports $625 million is needed nationwide to cover the gap between government assistance and the actual cost of a degree. Since 2002, Tunnel to Towers has provided more than $66 million in total assistance to more than 3,400 military children, with more than 1,500 graduates.

Donation Options Available

Become a Sponsor

Companies can sponsor the campaign by making a minimum donation of $500 in your company name to Tunnel to Towers. All proceeds go directly to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation to provide education support for the children of fallen soldiers. 

Your sponsorship includes:

  • Your company celebrated on the CMCO website, as well as on our corporate and brand social media pages.
  • Your company logo featured as a sponsor on the CMCO website for 10 months.
  • Your company logo featured as a sponsor in a print ad in Crane Hotline and AWRF Slingmakers magazines following the campaign.
  • A commemorative plaque for your office.
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Training Events

For every in-person Harrington, Yale, Crosby, Gunnebo, Magnetek, and Duff-Norton training event we host in the United States – it doesn’t matter what kind or how large – from Sept 1 through Nov 11, CMCO will donate $500 to the T2T Foundation.

In addition, we will donate all proceeds from the Crosby User’s Guide for Lifting online course to Tunnel to Towers ($20 per person who completes the course).  

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Direct Donations

  Any direct private donations from customers, individual donors, team members, and stakeholders go toward our goal.  

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Program Impact

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*Board donations cover almost all fundraising expenses such that only 2% of non-board donations go to those areas.

Our Sponsors

Thank you to our 2026 sponsors

 

COMING SOON

Our Inspiration

Sergeant William Delaney GibbsIn 1989, Sergeant William Delaney Gibbs from the U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division was killed in action during Operation Just Cause in Panama, leaving behind a young wife and an unborn daughter. Our founder David Kim served with Sergeant Gibbs and was inspired by his sacrifice to establish Children of Tunnels to Towers Foundation to honor the sacrifice of our fallen heroes and to help Sergeant Gibbs' daughter and the thousands of children like her achieve the dreams their parents would have wanted for them.