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"Life is like Sailing.  Change can come upon you suddenly.  But just because you sometimes have to alter your course, it doesn't mean you have to stop sailing."

Reid Sacco (July 2003)

About the Site

Site Objectives


  • To provide information about the Reid R. Sacco Memorial Foundation, its fund-raising events, its scholarship program, and its support of finding better treatments--and someday a cure--for the cancers striking young adults and adolescents.
  • To provide a public portal through which to share the story of Reid's life and his impact on the lives he touched.

Site Index


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Foundation

About the Foundation, its Mission, its Charter. Updated information on the making donations and the Foundation's tax-exempt status.  Links to Donor Lists. 

2/15/08

About Reid

Links to Reid's biography, medical history, and other documents detailing Reid's life.

1/15/07

Event Calendar

2005-2006 Calendar of past and future events.  Links to other pages. 

2/15/08

Bike-a-thon More information about the Reid's Ride Bike-a-thon, and how to register for this year's event, create a team, or sponsor a rider or team.  3/20/08

Scholarship

Description, mission of the Foundation's scholarship program for high school seniors.  Links to application form; deadlines; selection criteria.  Updated donation information.  Information about the winner of the 2006 award.

1/15/07

Research Support

Description and mission of the Foundation's programs for supporting cancer research. Comments about the recent Wall Street Journal article on the "survival gap" in young adults with cancer.  Brief description of our funding strategy.

1/15/07

Photos

Link to website's Photo Gallery; Link to Reid's Yahoo Photo Albums; abbreviated collection of favorite photos. 

1/15/07

Words

Cards and letters, whole and excerpted, from friends and family about  Reid, memories of him, and how he touched their lives.  Also the web Link to Reid's LiveJournal.  We've added a link to an on-line "guest-book".

1/15/07

Memorial Service

Tributes and eulogy from Reid's Memorial Service and Funeral Mass.

1/15/07

Bike-a thon

See this page for details on the 2007 3rd Annual Reid's Ride Bike-a-thon. 

See this page for details on the 2006 2nd Annual Reid's Ride Bike-a-thon.  Registration, pledge forms, pledge letters, sponsorship letters and other information is now available for downloading.

See this page for a summary of the "2005 Reid's Ride Bike-a-thon", held on Sunday, July 24, 2005.  We're beginning to add some photos of the event to this page, and to the photo gallery.  Click on  "Photos" a couple of rows up. 

1/15/07

Golf Tournament

Our 2006 tournament.  Photos and details.

6/15/06

Sponsors

This page is being revised.

02/15/08 

Contact Us

The site's e-mail address.

5/9/05

Donations

Information about the Foundation's tax-exempt status and directions for making charitable contributions to the Foundation.  Includes a link for making donations on-line.

1/20/07

Scrolls

Information on "Donation Scrolls".  For those who prefer to make a donation to a favorite charity rather than purchase wedding or party favors.  Those making a contribution to this Foundation receive elegant ribboned scrolls to accompany each place setting and to show each guest the bride and groom's thoughtful gesture.

1/20/07

Bracelets

Net proceeds from the sale of these elegant and symbolic precious metal bracelets benefit the Foundation's efforts to fund research into cancers affecting young adults.

1/20/07

Golf Tournament

Details and photos from the May 2006 Reid Sacco Memorial Golf Tournament at Hillview Country Club. 10/10/06

Symphony

Details and photos from the October 7, 2006 concert by the Longwood Symphony Orchestra; the Reid R Sacco Memorial Cancer Research Fund was the beneficiary of this concert.  10/10/06

Resources

Links to other sites associated with the treatment of, or advocacy for, cancer striking adolescents and young adults.  Only a partial list right now. 10/10/06

Message

A message to website visitors from Reid's mom, Lorraine Sacco. 10/10/06