Above + Beyond Cancer

Let's Celebrate Our Brave Jumpers! The Hangar Party at Ankeny Airport Hangar will knock your socks off, with the Damon Dotson Band, tasty appetizers, and an incredible short film by Dylan Huey Photography of our incredible skydivers! Your ticket includes a complimentary drink, delicious appetizers, good tunes by Damon Dotson trio, and a short program. Thank you to our sponsors - EXEC1 AVIATION, LLC, Janis Ruan, Steve Hauschilt, Mission Cancer + Blood and Aaron Kennedy! Tickets --> https://lnkd.in/geWxUPg6 This year's celebrity jumpers are: Jeff Chungath | CEO, Telligen Rob Danna | Senior Vice President, ITA Group and Board Member, Above + Beyond Cancer Richard Deming, MD | Medical Director, RIchard Deming Cancer Center at Mercy One and Founder, Above + Beyond Cancer Daira Driftmier | Director, Hy-Vee KidFit Wendi Fredregill | CEO, Your Sasstastic Life and Business Manager, Apex Creative Cheryl Harding | Retired Healthcare Executive and Board Member, Above + Beyond Cancer Sue Huber | Retired Pediatric Occupational Therapist and Cancer Survivor Stacey Hurst | Nurse Practitioner, Broadlawns Jim Keck |Senior Project Manager, The Waldinger Corporation and Cancer Survivor Arthur Kossack | Consultant Dr. Sarah Ling | Family Medicine Physician and Central Iowa Market Chair of Primary Care, MercyOne Alissa McKinney | Executive Director, Above + Beyond Cancer Jamie O'Brien | Elementary Literacy Curriculum Coordinator, DM Public Schools and Cancer Survivor John Phelps | Tissue Regeneration Specialist and Cancer Survivor Becky Pospisal | Director of Mission Delivery, Above + Beyond Cancer Tricia Rivas | Owner, Trixie’s Salon & Spa Emily Steele | CEO, Hummingbirds Brad Steuer | Self-Employed and Founder, Sage’s Journey Amy Varcoe | Marketing and Communications Director, The Iowa Clinic Connie Wimer | Owner & Chairman, Business Publications

The Des Moines Business Record's Women of Influence awards celebrate the work of women who have made a difference. We are thrilled that our very own Jenna Knox has been chosen as the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Emerging Women of Influence recipient this year! We are excited to celebrate her tonight and the other incredible women recognized! Congrats, Jenna! #womenofinfluence

We love our Young Adult Survivors and the community they have built! 😍

…and we are incredibly honored to be the recipient!✨

We are one week away from our first ever Ride in the Park! We have quite the line up for our participants, too: Music from: Beggar’s Bargain June Bugs DSM Damon Dotson Food from: AE Dairy Hot Pepper Taco Truck Karam’s Grill Cake DSM Yard games in the amphitheater, drinks at the Biergarten and prizes for the most ambitious riders! Special thanks to our sponsors: Mission Cancer + Blood, Farm Bureau Financial Services, Bud & Mary’s, Foster Group, UnityPoint Health, Quantum Fiber, NCMIC, Broadlawns Medical Center, The Iowa Clinic, IOWA RADIOLOGY P.C. and RipRoar Events. Registration is still available - we hope to see you there! Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gDNwbKFv

Sunday was an incredible day! 13 of our celebrity jumpers bravely jumped from a perfectly good airplane, all to raise money for Above + Beyond Cancer! Our second group jumps Friday, July 19 and we can’t wait to share the final efforts at the Hangar Party on September 5!

We're thrilled to announce the 19 celebrity jumpers who are bravely skydiving to raise money for Above + Beyond Cancer! Jeff Chungath | CEO, Telligen Rob Danna | Senior Vice President, ITA Group and Board Member, Above + Beyond Cancer Richard Deming, MD | Medical Director, RIchard Deming Cancer Center at Mercy One and Founder, Above + Beyond Cancer Daira Driftmier | Director, Hy-Vee KidFit Wendi Fredregill | CEO, Your Sasstastic Life and Business Manager, Apex Creative Cheryl Harding | Retired Healthcare Executive and Board Member, Above + Beyond Cancer Sue Huber | Retired Pediatric Occupational Therapist and Cancer Survivor Stacey Hurst | Nurse Practitioner, Broadlawns Jim Keck | Senior Project Manager, The Waldinger Corporation and Cancer Survivor Arthur Kossack | Consultant Dr. Sarah Ling | Family Medicine Physician and Central Iowa Market Chair of Primary Care, MercyOne Alissa McKinney | Executive Director, Above + Beyond Cancer Jamie O'Brien | Elementary Literacy Curriculum Coordinator, DM Public Schools and Cancer Survivor John Phelps | Tissue Regeneration Specialist and Cancer Survivor Tricia Rivas | Owner, Trixie’s Salon & Spa Emily Steele | CEO, Hummingbirds Brad Steuer | Self-Employed and Founder, Sage’s Journey Amy Varcoe | Marketing and Communications Director, The Iowa Clinic Connie Wimer | Owner & Chairman, Business Publications Our first jump is Sunday, June 9 with Des Moines Skydivers in Knoxville. You can support any jumper by clicking here: https://lnkd.in/ge4RtnPx

Congratulations to our very own board member Jenna Knox! What an incredible honor from the Des Moines Business Record! #findyourwellpower #dsmusa #womenofinfluence

Coaches vs. Cancer gala was Friday night and our very own Richard Deming, MD was a guest speaker! Check out the photos and the cool opportunities to hear from the four, in-state Division 1 men's basketball coaches! #findyourwellpower #aboveandbeyondcancer #coachesvscanceriowa

Today is the LAST DAY to sign up for the ✨Sparkle Run✨ and guarantee a t-shirt! Come support an incredible mission, honoring the life of Erin Moomey. Above + Beyond Cancer is the proud recipient this year, and we are thrilled to use this donation to grow our YA programming! Register today - see you there!🩷 www.sparklerun.org #sparklerun #pediatriccancer #fundraiser #YAprogram #cancersurvivor