FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) – Mighty Match-Up is a battle of the CEOs to raise money in a day-long competition.

It’s an online giving challenge three organizations duke it out to be crowned the fundraising champion

Blue Jacket, Embassy Theatre and Super Shot are all in the running and go through a series of competitions throughout the fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The catch is that the organization that raises the most money wins the competition, and the CEOs of the losing organizations will volunteer at the winning organizations.

“It’s three agencies coming together and putting the fun and fundraising and really everybody working for their causes, their own causes, but working together to have some fun and to really help the community come together and understand how they might support our missions, “ Super Shot CEO Connie Heflin said.

The first challenge was packing shots at Super Shot, the second was stacking cups at the Embassy theatre and the final challenge of the day was creating foam art at Tall Rabbit.

Super Shot won the first challenge; team Embassy won the second and Blue Jacket was the final winner.

Throughout the event people could stay updated on the Mighty Match-Up website where they can also show support to their favorite organization.

The money raised goes towards each organization’s efforts to continue to serve the community.

This is a new outreach van for Super Shot and Bluejacket will use them to enroll more people with barriers to employment in their training. 

supporter donations go towards a $150,000 donation goal.

Click here to track donation progress.

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