DCI Rings Nasdaq Opening Bell

October 28, 2022
By: Julie Poucher Harbin, Senior Writer, DCI

a lady cheers at I'm Not Done Yet Foundation opening bell-ringing at Nasdaq

DCI and the "I'm Not Done Yet" Foundation celebrate ringing the Nasdaq opening bell — Image Caption

(center at the microphone) Liz and Peter Menges, parents of the late Bobby Menges, and founders of the "I'm Not Done Yet Foundation"

Confetti at Nasdaq after the ringing of the opening bell

On October 7, 2022, representatives from the DCI Teen and Young Adult Oncology Program (TYAO) joined the I'm Not Done Yet Foundation in ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq in New York City. Duke Cancer Institute and the I'm Not Done Foundation were welcomed and acknowledged on the jumbotron in Times Square.

The Foundation, which was started by the parents of Bobby Menges — a Duke student who succumbed to brain cancer at age 19 — is an important TYAO partner; supporting a peer-to-peer support program called “Bobby’s Coaches” as well as helping young cancer patients pay for fertility preservation services. Menges would have been 25 on October 21.

"A Blue Angel"

DCI billboard in Times Square — Duke Cancer Institute medical family therapist Geoffrey Vaughn and brain cancer patient Avery Cooper had an immediate connection when they began meeting for therapy. Avery is now a four-year survivor. READ AVERY'S STORY (The photo displayed was taken in 2020)

DCI and "I'm Not Done Foundation" celebrate in Times Square, New York City, the ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell — DCI staff and the "I'm Not Done Foundation" celebrate in Times Square, New York City, the ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell. The I’m Not Done Yet Foundation was started by the parents of Bobby Menges, a Duke student who succumbed to cancer at 19 years old. He would have been 25 on October 21.

At far left, **Cheyenne Corbett, PhD, LMFT** (Director, Cancer Support & Survivorship at DCI); at center with glasses **Amy Deshler** (Assistant Vice President for Duke Cancer Institute and Duke Children's Development) and **Kristy Sartin** (Director, External Relations, Supportive Care & Survivorship Center at DCI)

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Topics

Brain cancer, Cheyenne Corbett, Geoffrey Vaughn, I'm Not Done Yet Foundation, Teen and Young Adult Oncology, Teen and Young Adult Oncology Program, TYAO

(CIRCLE PHOTO (TOP) Liz Menges, mother of the late Bobby Menges, celebrates ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq for the "I'm Not Done Yet Foundation" established in Bobby's name to support other teens and young adults facing a cancer diagnosis