Ohl Strong Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Tailgate at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds -- October 24.
Saturday, October 24, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds Starlight Ballroom, 2815 West Locust Street, Davenport IA
With the event taking place in a new location for 2026, the Dr. Brent Ohl Strong Pancreatic Cancer Support and Awareness Organization hosts its annual tailgate event at Davenport's Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds on October 24. The day promises to combine the excitement of an Iowa Hawkeye football Saturday with an even greater purpose: raising pancreatic cancer awareness and providing direct support to pancreatic cancer patients and their families throughout the greater Quad Cities area.
The move to the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds marks an exciting new chapter for Ohl Strong and provides additional space for the growing community of patients, survivors, families, friends, and supporters who gather each year. This family-friendly event will feature a traditional Iowa Hawkeye tailgate atmosphere along with big-10 football on the big screen, silent auction items, raffle baskets, face painting, caricatures by Draw Me Bill, food and drinks, and other activities throughout the afternoon.
One of the most meaningful traditions of the annual event is the sale of Ohl Strong pancreatic cancer awareness merchandise. Each year, new shirts and sweatshirts are created featuring the names of people whose lives have been touched by pancreatic cancer. Names from previous years remain on the design, creating a growing tribute to those who have fought pancreatic cancer, those who continue to fight and those whose memories live on. Attendees are encouraged to wear their Ohl Strong apparel - or anything purple - and help turn the Starlight Ballroom into a sea of purple in recognition of pancreatic cancer awareness.
One hundred percent of event proceeds support the Dr. Brent Ohl Strong Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Endowment Fund and its mission of helping pancreatic cancer patients and families in the greater Quad Cities area. Every identified pancreatic cancer patient within a 75-mile radius receives $500 in Visa gift cards to help ease some of the financial burdens that can accompany a cancer diagnosis. Each patient packet also includes an application for the Make a Memory/Ohl Opportunity Grant, allowing the patient to request additional financial support to create a meaningful memory with the people they love.
The Ohl Strong Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Tailgate takes place on October 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Starlight Ballroom of Davenport's Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, and more information is available by visiting Facebook.com/OhlStrong.
