Over the Edge 2025
June 7, 2025
Duke Central Tower
Join us for our homecoming! We're bringing Over the Edge to Duke Children's inpatient home, Duke Central Tower on the Duke Medical Center Campus. On June 7, we bring Over the Edge back home!
We want YOU to to help us reach new heights for Duke Children's! We're looking for brave supporters to help raise money for Duke Children's patient care, research, physician education, and the chance to rappel down our inpatient home! It may not be for the faint of heart, but it’s an experience you don’t want to miss. Plus, when you participate you pledge to take the leap for the children and families who come to Duke Children's for hope and for healing, and for the physicians, nurses, and staff who work tirelessly to provide the best possible patient care.
Over the Edge participants who achieve the fundraising goal of $1,000 or more will get to rappel 11 stories down the side of Duke Central Tower on the Duke Medical Center Campus. No experience necessary, but spots are limited!
Take a leap for the children and families who come to Duke Children's for hope and for healing.
Community Corner and Viewing Area
Come watch the event and cheer on our rappellers!
The public is invited to enjoy the event and cheer on our rappellers at our Community Corner and Viewing area! Guests are welcome to mingle and watch while the brave participants rappel down the side of Duke Central Tower. The Community Corner will have lawn games, music, sidewalk chalk art and several local vendors. Our friends from 99.9 The Fan and MIX 101.5 will be present to keep the party going!
The event will take place behind Duke Central Tower:
Parking is available at the PG1 garage on Duke's Medical Campus, 302 Trent Dr., Durham, NC 27710. Parking is $2 and it will take approximately 15 minutes to walk to the Community Corner. There will be directional signage to help guests find their way from the garage to Over the Edge. If guests from your party need to be dropped off directly at the event, the address is 8 Searle Center Drive.
Please note:
The event is completely outdoors and guests will not be permitted in the hospital, with the exception of accessing nearby restrooms. Please check the weather and plan accordingly with sunscreen, comfortable shoes and a water bottle! There is limited seating available at the event.
While we are excited to be rappelling at Duke Children’s inpatient bed tower this year, patient privacy is our primary priority. Please do not take photos of visiting patients or patients visible through their room windows. We also ask that attendees be cognizant of noise level and respectful of the property. Please help us respect the patients and their families that this event helps support.
Sponsor our event!
It takes a lot of courage to rappel down a 11 story building. Our patients and families show courage in the face of adversity every day.
Support Duke Children's mission of world-class clinical care, pediatric research that will change lives, and education that will shape the pediatric providers of tomorrow by sponsoring Over the Edge. Your business will receive community visibility, event perks, and alignment with a cause that supports what matters most: our kids.
See below to learn more about our sponsorship levels, and contact Julie Watson at julie.watson@duke.edu to become an Over the Edge sponsor today!
Learn about sponsorship opportunities!
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors!
- Only one presenting sponsorship available
- Logo added to all event signage and promotional materials as Presenting Sponsor
- Exclusive Duke Children's "Behind-the-Scenes" hospital tour for two guests
- Opportunity to crown top rappeller fundraisers and choose kick-off song for event
- Logo and link on our event website
- Five rappel slots to go Over the Edge
- $20,000 sponsor investment
- Five Rope sponsorships available
- Logo and link on our event website
- Listed on promotional materials
- Logo on event signage
- Four rappel slots to go Over the Edge
- $10,000 sponsor investment
- Logo and link on our event website
- Listed on promotional materials
- Logo on event signage
- Three rappel slots to go Over the Edge
- $5,000 sponsor investment
- Logo and link on our event website
- Listed on promotional materials
- Logo on event signage
- One rappel slot to go Over the Edge
- $2,500 sponsor investment
- Logo and link on our event website
- Listed on promotional materials
- Sponsor acknowledgement during event
- $1,000 or in-kind gift valued at $1,000
How does it work? Learn more about how you can take the leap for kids at Duke Children's today and be successful in your fundraising efforts!
Get started!
2025 Edgers, we are here to help! Use our fundraising toolkit for tips and advice on how to fundraise for Over the Edge!
DOWNLOAD FUNDRAISING TOOLKIT
Need some inspiration? Check out photos from our 2024 Over the Edge event, taken at the top of 21c Museum Hotel Durham!
See photos from Over the Edge 2024!Important Participant Information
Please note:
All participants must be 18 years of age or older. All minors participating in the cheering zone must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. In order to participate you must raise at least $1,000 or pay the difference by the Sunday before the event at 11:59pm. If the $1,000 minimum is not met, the funds are considered a direct donation to Duke Children’s with no refunds being provided.
Over the Edge registration time is not the same as Over the Edge rappel time, we encourage you to plan accordingly. The Over the Edge experience can take between an hour and a half to two hours from registration to exit. We will be in contact closer to the event with logistics around check in and parking. If you have any questions, please contact Julie Watson at julie.watson@duke.edu.