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Life Begins Again

A Letter From Our Founder

From Our Founder

January 1, 2012

Dear Friends,

Cancer survivors learn many lessons along their cancer journey. One lesson is that adversity can lead to personal growth. The cancer journey challenges us to discover the strength and courage in each of us, while learning that we may occasionally need to rely on the talents and support of others. Cancer forces us to re-order our priorities. It teaches us that life is a blessing and that we shouldn’t let a single minute go un-lived...  (read more)

Our Journey

Our Journey

Young, old, man, woman. Together we become one community. Together, we start again.

Above + Beyond isn't about the past. It's about the future. It's about the moments that we've been given back. It's about new priorities. New perspectives. New ways to approach old problems.

Sure there are going to be tough days. We believe in tough days. We treasure them. Because we know that tough days make us stronger. And that strength beats fear.

Without fear we see the world with new eyes. Our world. With all its mystery and excitement.

Without fear, life begins. Again.

What We Do

Above + Beyond Cancer provides experiences for cancer survivors that change lives. Along the way we create communities of advocates that have learned to find possibility in what may seem impossible and who share the mission to find a cure.

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Why We Do It

Our inspiration comes from you. And Odetta and Jill and Janet and Dorothy and Alvin and Cate ... and Chris... and everyone who believes that how it is today isn't how it has to be tomorrow.

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Join Us On May 18!

Above + Beyond Cancer is hosting it's spring celebration at 6:00 PM on Friday, May 18 at Architectural Salvage (22 9th Street) in Des Moines.  You can get all the details and RSVP to the event here!

News

  • A Priest's Journey: Msgr. Frank Bognanno, 72 and pastor of Christ the King Parish in Des Moines since 2000, is among a group of cancer survivors who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa
  • Children Send Flags of Hope: Above + Beyond Cancer carried more than 800 prayer flags to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.  Each flag had a story.  This is one of them. Children Send Flags of Hope: Above + Beyond Cancer carried more than 800 prayer flags to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Each flag had a story. This is one of them.
  • Out of Africa: Nineteen cancer survivors returned home from Kilimanjaro

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