• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Ankeny Fanatic

Your Ankeny Sports Resource

  • Login
  • Register
  • Home
  • About
    • Support Us
  • News
    • Podcast
  • Forums
  • Hawks
    • Boys’ Basketball
      • Roster
      • Schedule
    • Girls’ Basketball
      • Roster
      • Schedule
    • Wrestling
      • Schedule
    • Boys’ Swimming
      • Roster
      • Schedule
    • Boys’ Bowling
      • Roster
      • Schedule
    • Girls’ Bowling
      • Roster
      • Schedule
  • Jaguars
    • Boys’ Basketball
      • Roster
      • Schedule
    • Girls’ Basketball
      • Roster
      • Schedule
    • Wrestling
      • Schedule

Ankeny Derby raises funds for Pinky Swear Foundation

May 7, 2019 by Dan Holm

McKenna Riebkes will be the Kid Captain for Tuesday’s Jag-Hawk soccer games at Ankeny Centennial. She will be honored before the girls’ game at 6 p.m.

McKenna, a Pinky Swear All Star, lives in Ankeny with her mom (Jaime), her dad (Addison) and her brother (Ashton). She is a 5-year-old girl who was diagnosed with Stage 3 neuroblastoma right before her third birthday.

McKenna has undergone chemo, surgery, two stem cell transplants and radiation. She now has chronic kidney disease from the harsh cancer treatments and will eventually need a kidney transplant.

McKenna completed treatment 18 months ago. She is excited to begin kindergarten in the fall.

Pinky Swear stepped up and helped the Riebkes family financially when Jaime needed to resign from her job to care for McKenna. The organization has helped not only the Riebkes family but many others as well.

Prior to the boys’ game at 7:30 p.m., a donation will be made to the Iowa chapter of the Pinky Swear Foundation. The foundation helps kids with cancer and their families by giving them financial and emotional support. In 2018 they helped almost 100 families in Iowa by providing stable housing, payments for bills, and reliable transportation.

Pinky Swear partners with Blank Children’s Hospital and the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. They appreciate the community’s support to help give these families a safety net so they can focus on what’s important–caring for their children with cancer.

Mary Mendhall-Core is the Iowa Director and will be representing Pinky Swear at the games. She will be presented a check from the Ankeny community.

Wee’s Tees graciously helped organize, design and create the Ankeny Derby t-shirts for the cancer awareness games. These t-shirts assist in raising proceeds for the Des Moines chapter of Pinky Swear. Wee’s Tees has generously donated $973 in support of the fundraising efforts.

Former Ankeny High School boys’ soccer parent Kristina Nurre hosted an online Stella and Dot jewelry fundraising event to assist the Ankeny Derby in raising proceeds for Pinky Swear. She has generously donated $300 to the fundraising effort.

Thank you to all the families who participated in both of these fundraising events.

More information on Pinky Swear can be found here: https://www.pinkyswear.org/programs-overview

Filed Under: Boys' Soccer, Girls' Soccer, Hawks, Jaguars

Primary Sidebar

Support Ankeny Fanatic

Recent Posts

  • MARCH MADNESS BEGINS: Jaguars erase 14-point deficit, top Rams at buzzer
  • Pippett’s buzzer-beater caps Jaguars’ amazing rally to beat S.E. Polk
  • Ankeny Fanatic Prep of the Week: Ryan Crandall, Ankeny boys’ basketball
  • State tourney preview: Ankeny Fanatic’s predictions for the Class 5A quarterfinals
  • Ankeny boys hold off Norwalk, earn another shot against No. 2 Waukee

Find Us on Facebook

Ankeny Fanatic

Archives

  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017

Categories

  • Hawks
    • Fall
      • Boys’ Cross Country
      • Boys’ Golf
      • Football
      • Girls’ Cross Country
      • Girls’ Swimming
      • Volleyball
    • Spring
      • Boys’ Soccer
      • Boys’ Tennis
      • Boys’ Track
      • Girls’ Golf
      • Girls’ Soccer
      • Girls’ Tennis
      • Girls’ Track
    • Summer
      • Baseball
      • Softball
        • Roster
    • Winter
      • Boys’ Basketball
      • Boys’ Bowling
      • Boys’ Swimming
      • Girls’ Basketball
      • Girls’ Bowling
      • Wrestling
  • Jaguars
    • Fall
      • Boys’ Cross Country
      • Boys’ Golf
      • Football
      • Girls’ Cross Country
      • Girls’ Swimming
      • Volleyball
    • Spring
      • Boys’ Soccer
      • Boys’ Tennis
      • Boys’ Track
      • Girls’ Golf
      • Girls’ Soccer
      • Girls’ Tennis
      • Girls’ Track
    • Summer
      • Baseball
      • Softball
    • Winter
      • Boys’ Basketball
      • Girls’ Basketball
      • Wrestling
  • Top Sports Stories
    • Football
    • Volleyball
  • Baseball
  • Softball

© 2021 Ankeny Fanatic. All rights reserved.