Ready for the thrill of a lifetime with the added thrill of helping a seriously good cause? On Sept. 27, 2014, Skydive Spaceland-Houston and Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation (CCRF) are attempting to break the current Guinness World Record of 251 tandem skydives completed in a single location in one day by doing 400 or more! The proceeds from this event benefit CCRF, which supports children under 18 and their families facing the hardships of cancer through financial aid, gift, research, and camp programs. Almost anyone 18 years of age and up, and up to 280 pounds, can skydive! Common skydiving questions…
What do I do to participate and skydive?
Licensed skydivers can also help out!
Please note, if you jump solo rather than doing a tandem skydive, your funds will count (THANK YOU!), but your skydives will not count toward the tandem skydiving world record attempt.
- Raise $300: Receive $149 credit with Skydive Spaceland-Houston
- Raise $500: Receive $265 credit
1) Register online and start raising money for your jump
- Raise $300: Get a FREE tandem skydive at Skydive Spaceland-Houston!
- Raise $500 or more: Get a FREE tandem skydive and professionally edited, high-definition video and photos of your jump
Anyone raising $500 or more will be entered in a drawing for some great prizes as well! You can raise money out of your own pocket, by getting donations from friends/family/co-workers, selling crafts, throwing down challenges like the current ice bucket craze for ALS… get creative! Register now!
*All fundraising monies need to be collected by September 22, 2014 to ensure your free tandem skydive jump. If you do not raise enough for your jump, you can make up the difference out of your own funds to skydive. Otherwise we will gladly accept your donation to the charity.
Questions? Contact Holly at CCRF (email or call her at 713-389-5544).
2) Attend a pre-registration event (optional but highly recommended)
Plan to attend one of several free pre-registration events being held around the Houston area in the week leading up the the Sept. 27 record attempt to complete paperwork, submit your donations, and do the required ground training for your skydive! It is not absolutely required to attend a pre-registration event, but it will help get everything in order before record day so you can just show up and jump, and we can run the record event efficiently.
This is also a great opportunity to meet some of the Skydive Spaceland instructors and CCRF staff and get answers to any questions you might have.
Pre-Registration Events
| Sept. 20 | Kingwood Bible Church 3610 W Lake Houston Pkwy, Humble, TX 77339 | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
| Sept. 23 | Grub Burger Bar – Houston 799 Town & Country Blvd, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77024 (Upstairs from Urban Outfitters, next to Ra Sushi) | 5:00 – 7:30 pm |
| Sept. 24 | Saint Arnold Brewing Company 2000 Lyons Ave, Houston, TX 77020 | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm |
| DATE CHANGE! Now Sept. 24 | Grub Burger Bar – The Woodlands 2417 Research Forest Drive, Suite A, The Woodlands, 77381 | 5:00 – 7:30 pm |
| Sept. 26 | Skydive Spaceland 16111 FM 521, Rosharon, TX 77583 | 5:00 – 7:00 pm |
3) Record Day at Skydive Spaceland! Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014
Arrive at Skydive Spaceland in Rosharon, TX, just south of Houston off Hwy. 288 (get map/directions) by your assigned check-in time. If you have registered but you don’t have a check-in time yet, don’t worry! A member of Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation will be contacting you to select your preferred check-in time. You can check in from 6 am to 5:30 pm for your jump. We’ll sta-rt flying with the sunrise at 7 am and fly until we are done or until 7 pm, whichever comes first!
Have questions on what to wear and what to expect? Of course you do! Check out our common skydiving questions and answers, and see the video below for more about the Skydive Spaceland first-jump experience.
Want to help, but not interested in skydiving? Here are some more ways you can help us help kids with cancer!
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Financial support is always welcome even if you’d rather not skydive! Your gift will go towards financial aid, gift, research, and/or camp programs for children with cancer and their families. Learn more… |
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If you want to help in addition to or instead of collecting money, help us spread the word about this event! To set a world record and raise as much money as we can, we need all the help we can get! Here’s how you can help promote this event… |
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We’d love to have your business’ support for this event! Whether your company would prefer to raise money, build competitive fundraising teams, or sponsor this event for worldwide publicity, there is a way you can help! Learn more… |