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Foundation
About the Foundation
Carrying Forward the Dream
Reid Sacco passed away in April 2005, at the age of 20, after a two-year battle with sarcoma. In his short life, he inspired and touched an incredible number of people with his courage, perseverance, ambition, hope, humor, intelligence, humility, generosity, and kindness.
He had many dreams for the future, but in the last few months of his life these dreams merged into one: To beat his cancer so that he could finally go to Columbia University where he had been accepted just days before he was diagnosed in April 2003.
Driven by his inspiration, we are carrying this dream forward to give to others, in the form a non-profit charitable foundation that will support scholarship and research. We have set up this foundation, in Reid's honor, to make sure that other young adults like Reid will never need to abandon their dreams of college and a long, healthy life ahead. The Foundation will support those who aspire to excellence in education. It will support research programs that aspire to conquer cancers like the one that took Reid's life.
Vision Statement
It is the Vision of the Foundation to one day be regarded as an organization that: a) has effectively provided pivotal funding and the impetus for having found a cure or effective long-term treatment for the sarcomas and other cancers that primarily affect adolescents and young adults; and b) has consistently fostered the pursuit of the values and ambitions personified by Reid Sacco in his lifetime.
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Foundation to help others achieve two goals that Reid could not attain before his premature death, those being: a) to attend the college of his choice; and b) to survive cancer. To this end, the purpose of the Foundation is to provide a fundraising and educational organization to promote scholarship, medical research, and other benevolent purposes which, directly or indirectly, correlate with the values, ambitions, and life of Reid Sacco.
Foundation Objectives
- Grant a scholarship each year to a high school senior demonstrating academic excellence, the pursuit of good health and physical fitness, excellent peer leadership, and outstanding character. See the Scholarship page.
Support scientific and clinical research specifically directed at finding cures for cancers affecting young adults. See the Research Support page.
Raise funds for these endeavors through events that bring families and friends together in exercise and good health
Foundation Values
The Foundation will operate by the values exemplified by Reid in his actions and through his example:
| Leadership |
Taking personal initiative; setting aggressive goals for one’s self and one’s peers; and setting the example for living the values. |
| Kindness |
Reaching out with compassion and thoughtfulness without hesitation. |
| Generosity |
Giving one’s time and resources when and where needed. |
| Independent thinking |
Challenging the way things are done and challenging the answers that are given. |
| Perseverance |
Continuing to fight the good fight, regardless of the obstacles and pain. |
| Courage |
Making fear secondary in importance to everything else. |
| Health |
Respecting one’s body and the value of exercise and clean living. |
| Scholarship |
Setting high one’s goals for life-long learning, and employing formal education, scholarship, and self-improvement to achieve them. |
| Support |
Acknowledging the critical importance of family and friends, and recognizing the support they provide in good times and in bad. |
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