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What is the Team Player Project?
Would you like to be part of a team of top performers? Are keywords such as team spirit, cohesion, inclusion, and participation high on your family's agenda? Then you've come to the right place!
The Team Player project pairs young, strong fighters with a junior professional sports team. Being part of a team and involved in a sporting and social environment not only fills the kids with pride, it also promotes team spirit and cohesion. With these individual sports partnerships, we are not only supporting our young patients: the whole family feels the power and magic of team sports.
We bring your child together with a sports team on an exclusive basis. We tailor the collaboration between the team and you to your child's interests and abilities. From training sessions and stadium visits to running onto the field together at home games, fun “team challenges,” and much more: there are no limits to the variety of ideas in the Team Player project.
Where did the idea come from?
The idea of involving chronically ill children in sports teams originally came from a non-profit organization in the USA: ”Team IMPACT”It soon became clear that the partnerships not only brought the kids a lot of joy and strength, but also provided valuable experience for the athletes.
“Since working with Team IMPACT at Duke University, it has been a matter close to my heart to enable children facing health challenges to join a sports team. Sport brings people together and inspires vision. Being part of this is an incredible gift,” says project manager and former competitive athlete Lara Kohlenbach.
Who is leading the project?
The project Teamplayer is being launched as a pilot project in the Munich region in collaboration with the ActiveOncoKids network (Munich site; Bavaria center) and the Children’s Hospital Munich Schwabing, a cooperation between the Munich Clinic (gGmbH) and the Klinikum rechts der Isar (AöR) of the Technical University of Munich.
Project Manager/Contact Person:
- Lara Kohlenbach (B.Sc. and athletic scholar at Duke University, Class of ’23, medical student at LMU and TU Munich)
Medical-Clinical Contacts:
- PD Dr. Sabine Kesting (Spokesperson of the ActiveOncoKids network)
- Prof. Dr. med. Irene Teichert-von Lüttichau (Head/Senior Physician of the Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at the Children’s Hospital Munich Schwabing, a cooperation between the Munich Clinic (gGmbH) and the Klinikum rechts der Isar (AöR) of the Technical University of Munich)
Questionnaire/Registration
Have we sparked your interest?
To get in touch without obligation, simply fill out the short questionnaire. The project manager will then contact you.
Note: We make every effort to quickly arrange an individual placement for the kids participating in the Teamplayer project. However, sometimes it may take a little while until we find the right team. In the meantime, we will stay in regular contact with you.