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SECOND ANNUAL FAMILY FUN DAY AT URBAN AIR LAKE GROVE RAISES $8,000 TO SUPPORT STONY BROOK CANCER CENTER
Day of fun for kids supports blood cancer research
On June 8, 2025 Long Island kids and their parents turned out for the second annual David Wolmetz Family Fun Day Fundraiser at Urban Air Lake Grove, honoring the late co-founder of Long Island’s tallest indoor adventure park and raising $8,000 to support research and treatment at Stony Brook Cancer Center. Urban Air Lake Grove has donated more than $60,000 to Stony Brook Cancer Center to date.
Admission to the park for kids of all ages included access to the most popular attractions including the 30-foot tall Sky Rider zipline, Climbing Walls, Spin Zone Bumper Cars, and Battle Beam. Local vendors were also on hand for face painting, balloon animals, temporary tattoos and hourly raffles of everything from TVs to luxury vacations.
Proceeds from the event went to support blood cancer research at the Stony Brook Cancer Center, where Wolmetz received treatment from 2019 to 2023.
“We grew up together, we went into this business together,” said Keith Handler, Co-Founder of Urban Air Lake Grove. “Dave loved to see kids happy and off their screens. This fundraiser is in honor of him to support the people who took care of him when he was sick.”
In October of 2018, Wolmetz was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He was admitted to Stony Brook Hospital’s 19th floor, where his treatment started immediately. The staff at the Cancer Center and hospital treated him throughout his cancer journey, which spanned the COVID pandemic, and subsequently several hospitalizations over the years due to his compromised immune system. Dave lost his battle with cancer on June 9, 2023.
“Stony Brook Cancer Center was a very special place for him, and he loved the medical professionals who took such good care of him,” said Carrie Wolmetz, wife of Dave Wolmetz. “He always had hope; he always stayed positive. And he was always ready to try whatever new treatments were available, for himself and for other people.”
Donations to Stony Brook Cancer Center can be made here.
Watch a video about last year's event here.
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At Urban Air Lake Grove, there’s nothing more important that our customers and our community. We are all about empowering kids to try new things, explore through adventurous place, and learn how to work with others to achieve new heights.
We've committed to support the CAR T Research program at Stony Brook Medicine, which supports scientists working on developing personalized cell therapy to treat blood cancers, such as leukemia. In 2020, we announced a pledge of $100,000 to the center.
Founder Dave Wolmetz (pictured, blue shirt and hat) was diagnosed with Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in 2018 and underwent total body radiation and chemotherapy treatment at the Stony Brook University Cancer Center. Dave lost his battle in 2023.
Support the Stony Brook Cancer Center here.