Jesse J Sanctuary Foundation

10/20/2026

A Bittersweet Announcement from Jesse J Sanctuary Foundation 💜🩵

It is with hearts full of gratitude, and just a touch of sadness, that we announce Jesse J Sanctuary is fully booked for 2026! 💜

We are deeply touched by the overwhelming need for a peaceful place where cancer patients and their loved ones can escape the worries of everyday life, reconnect with nature, and simply breathe again.

While we wish we could open our doors to every family in need, we are now welcoming inquiries for 2027 country getaways. Please visit www.JesseJSanctuary.com⁠ to request your stay.

And because our mission has always been about helping families, not just filling our own calendar, we encourage you to explore Root 2 Leaf another wonderful cancer sanctuary in the Dubuque area.

A dear friend and I are hoping to visit their beautiful sanctuary before the year ends. We believe that when organizations with compassionate hearts support one another, more families find the comfort and peace they deserve.

There can never be too many places of refuge for those walking the difficult road of cancer.

With gratitude and hope,
Jesse J Sanctuary Foundation

A place to breathe again.

10/20/2026

Cancer Does Not Discriminate

Look at these faces, the smiles they share,
Behind each one, a burden to bear.
Some face chemo, week after week,
With tired hearts and bodies weak.

Through tears and pain, they find their light,
With hope in their hearts and courage to fight.

So look at these faces, and see what we see,
Not victims of cancer, but souls fighting free.
For whatever tomorrow may bring or may be,
Their courage, their love, is their true victory.

At Jesse J Sanctuary Foundation we can’t take away cancer, but together we can give comfort, love, and precious moments of joy.

Help us make those moments possible. Jesse J Sanctuary Foundation - A place to breathe again.

10/18/2026

Another busy weekend at Jesse J Sanctuary — and the light was with us. It fell across the fields like a quiet blessing, reminding us that when healing work is done with love, the light always finds its way to us.

10/17/2026

10/16/2026

A Tribute to the 100 Women Who Care Indianola and 100 Men Of Indianola

When caring hearts begin to move,
our community finds its steady groove.

A hundred women, bold and bright—
a hundred men who join the light.

You lift the weary when hope feels thin,
you steady families fighting to win.

At Jesse J Sanctuary Foundation your gifts become a healing breath when hardship comes.

But your kindness spreads beyond --

So let our circles grow again, with giving women, giving men.

For when two hundred hearts unite,
Indianola shines with brighter light.🩵🩵🩵🙏🙏🙏

10/14/2026

Thank you and thank you 100 Women Who Care Indianola. What an honor! I and my better and bigger half Rick Spellerberg love what we do.

10/11/2026

Our neighbors Britt and Guy Puthoff care for special‑needs horses with a gentleness that mirrors how we care for our guests at Jesse J Sanctuary Foundation — steady, tender, wholehearted.

Guy’s CircleB carries that same goodness. We are deeply grateful for people like them.