The Greg Wolf Fund was established on January 19, 2005, to commemorate the life of Gregory Joseph Wolf, by his family and by friends who feel privileged to have had Greg touch their lives. Throughout his twenty-three years, Greg led a beautifully vibrant and full life. In the fall of 2002, at the age of 20, Greg was diagnosed with leukemia. It was during Greg’s battle with leukemia that his spirit, fierce determination and sense of humor in dealing with every aspect of his daily life gave strength to all around him. The mission of this fund is to honor Greg’s life as a “man for others,” and to perpetuate his generous spirit by giving back to the institutions and organizations that ultimately defined Greg’s life, in health, and in sickness.
A Message from George Wolf
President and Chairman of the Greg Wolf Fund
During the many hours Greg and I filled with conversation during his hospital stays, Greg often asked me “why is it that millions of dollars are raised to fight cancer and not more of it gets to the patients?”
We both saw first hand how cancer did not discriminate — neither sex, race, creed, or education mattered, nor did how much money you had or did not have bear any relevance to whom cancer chose as a victim. Cancer knows no boundaries, permeating any lifestyle or daily life. Many cancer victims are forced to fight the battle with little or no money, much too often without insurance. Sometimes, it’s only a few dollars the patient needs to provide bus fare for a family member to visit or a few hundred dollars to buy a prescription, and yet sometimes its millions of dollars needed to continue to fund the research for blood diseases of all types.
And that’s what we do best.
The Greg Wolf Fund gets the money directly to the patients for whatever their needs whenever they need it. QUICKLY. We fund cancer research as well, specifically for blood diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma and other related blood cancers.
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