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...Champions has gone from being pure entertainment to one of the more lucrative fundraising events on campus. Originally designed to amuse children with cancer at the Children's Hospital, this year it raised $100,000 for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute by attracting top amateur skaters such as Brian Boitano and Tiffany Chin, says Paul Kienzle '87, co-chairman of the 1986 Evening of Champions...
This year's program is no exception. Boitano will be joined by the top American pair skating team, the Canadian women's champion, and several other nationally ranked amateur skaters. Six Harvard students and some younger skaters from the New England area will also get the opportunity to show off their talents...
Eliot House also donates food for the skaters. "The skaters like eating in the dining hall," says Shannon. "They get to meet more students that way." Some of the performers, like Boitano, say they even like the food. "I love the bran muffins...
...opportunity to visit Dana Farber and meet some of the children who are patients there. "It really helps [the performers] feel they are contributing," says Kienzle. "It's good for the skaters to see what they are skating for. It's really special getting to meet the kids," says Boitano...
...When you're younger and you see the show on TV, you think to yourself `Wow, some day I'll do that,"' Boitano says...