Coach Gregg Marshall reached third place in this year’s Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge with the support of voters across the country. Marshall raised $15,000 for the Wichita Children’s Home.

Voting began in January and ended last Monday. Marshall finished third out of 48 coaches in the nation.

This was Marshall’s second year participating in the challenge, and his second in a row finishing in third place and raising $15,000.

Laura Kelly, director of Community Relations and Volunteer Services at the Children’s Home, said Marshall’s win shows the amount of support the home has in the community.

“These are our children,” Kelly said. “That’s why it was so great to see Shocker fans vote every day in the challenge.”

Kelly said the $15,000 that was raised this year will go toward The Children’s Home’s capital campaign.

“We will be able to provide a more welcoming and healthier environment for the kids,” Kelly said.

The WCH is in the process of building a new facility — the current facility is about 50 years old and outlived.

This time next year, Kelly hopes they will expand programming to accommodate to the children. Kelly said “it’s really about the kids.”

A check will be presented in late May or early June. Kelly said the WCH is looking forward to having the chance to thank Marshall.

Kelly said the WCH serves more than 1,500 children a year and is also involved in outreach programs, violence prevention workshops and services in high schools.

For more information or if you want to donate to the WCH, visit WCH.org or call 684-6581. The WCH is open seven days a week, 24 hours a day.