Pick your town. Back local mentoring. Help your county climb.

Launching November 1, 2026. KPOW's Battle of the Counties is a friendly hometown fundraising challenge for youth mentoring across Shelby, Darke, Auglaize, and Mercer counties, with nearby Miami County guest teams included for supporters closest to the Shelby side of the route.

Choose the town team you want to back, make your gift, and help move the leaderboard. Shelby, Darke, and Miami guest teams benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County. Auglaize and Mercer teams benefit M.A.V. Youth Mentoring.

KPOW is hosting one campaign through a dedicated event account so every town can compete together. Donations are credited to the team selected at checkout. After the fundraiser, checks will be issued to the mentoring programs based on the final team totals.

How the challenge works

Pick your town team. If you do not see your town, choose the closest listed team.
Town totals drive the leaderboard. Every confirmed Givebutter donation moves that town and its county.
The highest tier wins. Reward tiers do not stack. The highest campaign total reached sets the final reward package.

Reward tiers

$10,000: One $5-off pizza night for the top town.
$25,000: One discount and sponsor giveaway night for the top town.
$50,000: One KPOW Free Pizza Night for the top town.
$100,000: One KPOW Free Pizza Night for each of the top two towns.
$150,000: Four KPOW Free Pizza Nights: one for the top Shelby-side team, including Piqua, Covington, and Tipp City; one for the top Darke team; one for the top Auglaize team; and one for the top Mercer team.

Where the money goes

Sponsor support is used first. KPOW will fully cover the first Free Pizza Night. If the campaign reaches a higher milestone that unlocks additional Free Pizza Nights and those nights are not fully sponsored, up to 5% of total campaign funds may be used only for the actual food ingredient costs of Free Pizza Nights after the first one. KPOW will cover packaging, labor, and fuel for every reward night. After any Givebutter transaction costs, the remaining funds are paid to the mentoring programs according to the final team totals. Reward expenses will be documented in the campaign accounting.

For every KPOW Free Pizza Night, KPOW will bring enough cheese and pepperoni pizza to feed at least 1,000 people during the posted service window, while supplies last.

Town teams

Shelby teams: Sidney, Fort Loramie, Anna, Jackson Center, Botkins, Russia.

Darke teams: Greenville, Versailles, Arcanum, Union City, Ansonia, New Madison, Bradford, Rossburg, New Weston.

Auglaize teams: Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Minster, New Bremen, Cridersville, New Knoxville.

Mercer teams: Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Mendon.

Miami guest teams competing in the Shelby-side group: Piqua, Covington, Tipp City.

Battle of the Counties Youth Mentoring Challenge

Pick your town team, back local youth mentoring, and help your community climb the leaderboard.