Canopies for Kids

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!

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.

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/

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.

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!

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

Skydive Danielson | Canopies for Kids 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...

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!

IU students skydive with teddy bears to raise spirits of Riley kids 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. …

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

IUDM / Skydive Indy - Canopies for Kids 2015 Event Students from IUDM (http://www.iudm.org/) go skydiving with Canopies for Kids teddy bears at Skydive Indianapolis (http://skydiveindianapolis.com/) for the k...

Check out this amazing picture from Indiana University Dance Marathon of a Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health kid getting one of our bears!

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.

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

Skydiving to support children living with illness | GrindTV.com '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.'

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

Skydive Fargo skydivers jump with brave teddy bears to give to... 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. ...