Over the Edge

May 17, 2019

Over the Edge

Scenes from the United Way of Southeast Missouri’s Over the Edge fundraising event Friday, May 17, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. Elizabeth Shelton, executive director of United Way of Southeast Missouri, said the event raises money for all of the United Way’s 24 partners and 30 programs. “I hope next year will be even bigger and better,” she said.

Jacob Wiegand

Elizabeth Shelton, executive director of United Way of Southeast Missouri, top, laughs while rappelling down the side of Southeast Missouri State University's Towers South dormitory with Raechel Reinitz, community relations manager for the United Way of Southeast Missouri, during the United Way of Southeast Missouri's Over the Edge fundraising event Friday, May 17, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. 

David Bright of Fayetteville, N.C., training manager for the Over the Edge event, works with Kerri Walter of Jackson, in harness, near volunteer Allen Treece, left, during the United Way of Southeast Missouri's Over the Edge fundraising event Friday, May 17, 2019, at Southeast Missouri State University's Towers South dormitory in Cape Girardeau. 

Mike Farinelli, originally of Scott Depot, W.Va., and now Cape Girardeau, is shown a procedure for rappelling from David Bright of Fayetteville, N.C., training manager for the Over the Edge event, during the United Way of Southeast Missouri's Over the Edge fundraising event Friday, May 17, 2019, at Southeast Missouri State University's Towers South dormitory in Cape Girardeau.

Kelison Hines of Cape Girardeau holds onto a rope shortly before rappelling down the side of Southeast Missouri State University's Towers South dormitory during the United Way of Southeast Missouri's Over the Edge fundraising event Friday, May 17, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Mike Farinelli, originally of Scott Depot, W.Va., and now Cape Girardeau, holds out his arms shortly before rappelling down the side of Southeast Missouri State University's Towers South dormitory while surrounded by, counterclockwise from top left, Darien Dopp, of LaFayette, Ga.; Jordan Burks, of Cape Girardeau; Matt McDonald, originally of Harrisburg, Pa., and now a pastor at City Church in Cape Girardeau; and Erin Schloss of Cape Girardeau; during the United Way of Southeast Missouri's Over the Edge fundraising event Friday, May 17, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Raechel Reinitz, community relations manager for the United Way of Southeast Missouri, rappels down the side of Southeast Missouri State University's Towers South dormitory during the United Way of Southeast Missouri's Over the Edge fundraising event Friday, May 17, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

Elizabeth Shelton, executive director of United Way of Southeast Missouri, left, and Raechel Reinitz, community relations manager for the United Way of Southeast Missouri, have pictures made shortly after rappelling down the side of Southeast Missouri State University's Towers South dormitory during the United Way of Southeast Missouri's Over the Edge fundraising event Friday, May 17, 2019, in Cape Girardeau.

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