14th Annual Little Heroes 2026

Heroes come in all sizes

We are excited to announce the 14th annual Pulling for Our Little Heroes to benefit our friends at the Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation! 2025 will bring a slight schedule change for both Team CrossFit and Team Weightlifting events so please stay up to date through this site and our social media outlets- Instagram and Facebook! This year’s CrossFit event will be held at Reno Powerhouse and CrossFit Bangarang on September 25th and 26th and the Weightlifting will be held on September 12th at Calavera Barbell.

  • To register a team (MMFF) for the CrossFit event on September 25th and 26th, click HERE
  • To register a team (MF) for the Weightlifting event at Calavera Barbell on September 12th, click HERE.
  • NEW! To make a general donation or donate to a current team click HERE *
    • *You will have the option to select a team to donate to on the second page after selecting donation amount.
  • To view 2026 Fundraising Leaderboard click HERE
  • To purchase an event shirt click HERE
  • To view 2026 Team CrossFit Leaderboard click HERE
  • To view the 2026 Team Weightlifting Leaderboard click HERE
  • Follow our social media pages for updates: Facebook and Instagram.
  • To view the 2024 Little Heroes photo album from Nathan Militante click HERE

CrossFit Registration-CLICK HERE

CrossFit Competition– -Details

1.  Registration will be open until September 16th. For 13 years in row this event has sold out so don’t wait and get a head start on fundraising!

2.  Competition will be teams of 4 (2 male/2 female).

3. Competition will start in the afternoon on Friday September 25th and end on Saturday September 26th in the afternoon.

4. More information coming soon, so check back!

5. NEW THIS YEAR! Your team fundraising page will be created by NNCCF on September 1st or after you register if registering after September 1st. You can “FUND”raise before but everyone’s online page will be created on September 1st in order to maximize the “match”.

6. FUNdraising will still be a scored event.  Raising a minimum of $500 will be required to advance to the finale.  Any team raising $1,000 or above will automatically earn a first-place finish in the FUNdraising “WOD.”

Weightlifting Registration- please reach out to Carlos@calaverabarbell.com before September 4th if you would like to compete in the weightlifting competition.

Weightlifting Competition– Details on how the team weightlifting comp runs HERE

1. Registration will open until September 3rd.

2. Competition will be teams of 2, any combination of male/female, youth/senior/master (3 Ranked coed divisions include: Open/Open, Youth/Youth, Master/Youth)

3. Competition will start on Saturday September 12th.

3. Scheduling of this event will be dependent on the number of teams. Stay tuned for more details!

4. You can see how the team weightlifting comp runs and how the scoring works HERE