Canopies for Kids

04/24/2018

Our website is back up and we're sending out 3 boxes of bears to Sharon and our good friends at Skydive Indianapolis for this weekend's Indiana University Dance Marathon event!

04/20/2018

Hi all we're experiencing some issues with the website. We hope to have it back up and running soon. For the upcoming IUDM event, pre-orders are now closed. If the site is not up by the time of the event we will post a purchase link here for on-site orders.

05/11/2017

Check out a news story about us and our good friends at the UF Falling Gators Skydiving Club and Skydive Palatka for the kids at UF Health Shands Hospital!

https://www.wuft.org/news/2017/04/07/uf-students-to-skydive-with-teddy-bears-for-children-at-shands/

The Falling Gators, UF's skydiving team, is partnering with Canopies for Kids to provide teddy bears for children at Shands at Skydive Palatka this weekend.

04/25/2017

We hope everyone from Indiana University Dance Marathon has an awesome event this weekend with us and our good friends at Skydive Indianapolis benefiting the kids at the Riley Children's Foundation!

03/14/2017

First event of 2017 is on the calendar with Skydive Danielson. http://www.canopiesforkids.com/events/skydive-danielson/

WHEN: June 30 – July 4, 2017 | WHERE: Skydive Danielson| COST: $20 plus jump fees BENEFITS: Connecticut Children’s Memorial Center Hey everyone! Skydive Danieslon is excited to host its 1st Annual Canopy For Kids Event during the July 4th weekend (6/30 – 7/4). Our goal for this event is to skydive w...

09/06/2016

Check out another great Canopies for Kids event with our good friends at Skydive Indianapolis and the awesome students with Indiana University Dance Marathon benefiting the Riley Children's Foundation and the kids at Riley Children's Health!

FRANKFORT, Ind. – Over 80 Indiana University students took to the skies this weekend and they brought some teddy bears along for the ride, all to benefit the kids at Riley’s Hospital for Children. …

05/16/2016

Check out some video from this weekend's event at Skydive Indianapolis where students from Indiana University Dance Marathon jumped with Canopies for Kids bears for the kids at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health!

11/09/2015

If you missed it at IUDM, here's the amazing video of our Indiana University Dance Marathon event at Skydive Indianapolis earlier this year!

https://youtu.be/kf0GcpmiDN0

Students from IUDM (http://www.iudm.org/) go skydiving with Canopies for Kids teddy bears at Skydive Indianapolis (http://skydiveindianapolis.com/) for the k...

11/02/2015

Congratulations to Indiana University Dance Marathon on raising over 3.8 million dollars this weekend!

This weekend, over 4,000 student dancers and committee members raised 3.8 million dollars. For Ryan. For Ashley. For the Kids.

09/02/2015

Here's another great write up about our awesome event last weekend with Skydive Indianapolis and Indiana University Dance Marathon benefiting the Riley Children's Foundation!

http://www.grindtv.com/random/students-skydive-with-teddy-bears-to-support-children-living-with-illness/ .97

'Even though it will never compare to what they face, this was a way for us to connect with the bravery shown every day by children living with illnesses.'

09/01/2015

Looks like we also made news with our other event this past weekend thanks to Skydive Fargo where our bears are going to benefit the kids at Sanford Children's Hospital Fargo and Essentia Health in Fargo, ND. Big thanks to Justin for making this event happen!

http://www.wday.com/news/3828220-skydive-fargo-skydivers-jump-brave-teddy-bears-give-brave-kids-local-hospitals

West Fargo, ND (WDAY/WDAZ TV) - Is it a bird, is it a plane? Nope, it was a teddy bear. Reporter Jordan Schroeer met with members of Skydive Fargo to see why they were bringing some stuffed friends to fearless heights. Jumping out of planes on a Saturday afternoon is nothing new for these guys. ...