Greg Griffith giving his last interview at the July 2011 dinner about what it is like living with stage IV Pancreatic Cancer and the importance of connecting patients, families and communities through advocacy awareness and research.

OUR MISSION:

• To FUND a cure for pancreatic cancer
• To offer HOPE for those in need
• To CONNECT patients, doctors, and communities
• To raise AWARENESS of the necessity for a new direction of innovative research and treatment plans

OUR VISION:

• To continue the VISION inspired by Greg Griffith
• To rise and “put on our pants” each day and take up the battle
• To give back more in time, effort and funding that we take
• To see a day when our children and grandchildren no longer need to fear a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
• We CAN achieve what we BELIEVE!

Our mission and vision aligns with connecting patients, families and communities by taking pancreatic cancer off the sideline and to the finish line for a cure. The most shining example of this spirit are Kay Kays, Rick Jones, Christina Parish and Garry Grethel.

Kay Kays, a 25-year pancreatic cancer survivor is the guiding force behind all that the GFF has done and strives to do. She is one of the world’s longest living pancreatic cancer patients. She started to fight the disease in 1994, and after countless surgeries and with a lot of hope, she is not only a survivor but an advocate as well. One day after Greg’s diagnosis on February 5, 2010, the Griffith Family received a call from Kay that inspired and helped Greg in ways that cannot be described. Greg was given two weeks to live, but with the inspiration of Kay, he lived another two years. Kay inspired Cathy as well, leading Cathy to become a National Pancreatic advocate herself.

Rick Jones, an accountant and loving husband and father went to the doctor for a normal checkup, only to find out that he was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Cancer. Living in Central PA, Rick had previously heard of the advocacy and awareness efforts of the GFF. His life was SAVED by The Griffith Family Foundation and their connections. Cathy connected Rick with Dr. A. James Moser, the Executive Director of BIDMC’s Institute for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. Dr. Moser did what no doctor said they could and was able to perform a surgery that saved Rick’s life and gave him HOPE for a prosperous future.

Read more about Rick’s story ->

Christina Parish, was another inspiration of the GFF. Cathy acted as a reference and was able to help her receive social security disability. She lived 12 years after her diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer.

Cathy Griffith and Alex Hazard (TV Personality and family Friend) were able to collaborate and help an employee of Cazenovia College, Garry Grethel, retain his salary and provide tuition waivers for his two daughters who attended the school. Cathy spoke to the President of the college to advocate for Garry and his Pancreatic Cancer diagnosis. Garry retained his salary and the two daughters’ tuitions were paid in full.

The Griffith Family impacts our local community, state, country, and world by connecting patients, families, and communities to Sideline Pancreatic Cancer.

Kay Kays
International Pancreatic Cancer Survivor and Advocate

 Rick Jones
Pancreatic Cancer Survivor

Christina Parish
12-year Pancreatic Cancer Survivor

 Garry Grethel
Grethel Family

Locker room talk for TBT Sideline Cancer Team with over 11,000 views!

TBT Tournament Director, Dan Friel

In loving memory of Jermaine Marshall, Sideline Cancer TBT Team Captain

Former NBA player: Daniel Santiago

Billy Clapper and John Boyer with the inaugural Sideline Cancer TBT 2014

TBT Tournament Director, Dan Friel

In loving memory of Jermaine Marshall, Sideline Cancer TBT Team Captain

Sports Illustrated
Jun 30, 2014 – TBT Bracket with SC

Purple Fever Hoops is a highly competitive basketball organization that was established in 2019 as a 501(c)3 non-profit. This basketball organization serves girls and boys in the West-Central area of Pennsylvania. In 2021, they plan on becoming a member of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

They are also teaching our young men and women about the value of community service. Through their partnership with the Griffith Family Foundation/Sideline Cancer, the teams’ members will be given the opportunity to work on community service projects with the rest of the foundation’s members.

Greg’s former HAHS 1979 classmate Jeff Bower is the former GM of the Detroit Pistons, former GM and coach of the New Orleans Hornets, and is currently the Vice President of Basketball Operations of the Phoenix Suns

Tim Frank, Senior Vice President of Basketball Communications of the NBA

Jeff Bower: Former GM of the Detroit Pistons, Former GM and and Coach of the New Orleans Hornets and is currently the Vice President of Basketball Operations of the Phoenix Suns.

Daniel Santiago, former NBA and TBT player

Signed NBA Basketball for 2013 Auction

Charlie Brenneman – Raising awareness for Pancreatic Cancer with this MMA fighter, Hollidaysburg native, and a lifelong learner

Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Biking Gear! All the places she raised awareness for PC for GFF in 2019

December:

• Nittany Valley Half Marathon Running Race State College, PA Impact-4-500

• Public Lands Ride Gravel Bike Ride 60+ Miles Black Moshanon State Park Impact-2000+

• Dirty Dozen 55M Bike Race
• Pittsburgh, PA Impact-400

*Special note: when not racing or participating in formal events, most riding will be done wearing SPC gear*

• Over 1000 golfers have participated in this event from 2013-2019
• Over $100,000 raised from 2013-2019
• https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/tag/tee-off-for-a-cure

• Over 50,000 dinner tickets sold from 2010-2019
• Over $200,000 raised since 2010
• https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/tag/annual-sideline-pancreatic-cancer-dinner

Tammie Fleck, GFF Administrative Office Assistant from 2013-2018, was instrumental in creating a plan of action for Sideline Cancer.

• Average of 8,000 attendees per year since 2011
• Money Raised: Over $18,000 raised since 2011
• https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/tag/fund-a-cure-to-sideline-pancreatic-cancer-night

PC Survivor Rick Jones’s Daughter Signing National Anthem at our Altoona Curve Night

The Fulchiero Family on WPCD 2018 at BIDMC Harvard Medical School

#GivingTuesday

Dine to Donate

Sideline Cancer Bake Sale in New Hampshire

Awareness photo for World Pancreatic Cancer Day

World Pancreatic Cancer Day, November 17, 2016 at BIDMC Harvard Medical School

Cathy and GFF Board Nancy Fulchiero attended WPCD 2017 at BIDMC Harvard Medical School

US Flag hung at our Nation’s Capital on World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2018

WPCD at Fenway Park November 2018

Sideline Cancer interns Marissa Lombardi and Joel Redfoot with Dr. A. James Moser and his wife, Dr. Suzanne Hartman.

WPCD with Pancreatic Cancer advocate Kay Kays

Raising awareness in memory of Kim Henshey on WPCD 2019

Sideline Cancer represented by the University of Pittsburgh and the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal on World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2018

2013 Pancreatic Cancer Symposium with Jack Andraka

PSU Altoona Symposium 2013 and 2014

GFF board members at the April 5, 2019 Symposium

Attendees of the April 5, 2019 Symposium

Panelists from the April 5, 2019 Symposium at PSU Altoona

• Cathy had the opportunity to co-host Central PA Live in April 2019
• GFF has had over 40 TV appearances since 2011

WTAJ-TV Back Street Driver for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness

WATM ABC 23 newscast with Jordan Griffith about The Basketball Tournament 2019

WATM ABC 23 interview with Pancreatic Cancer survivor Mrs. Pat Smith of Hollidaysburg, PA

WATM ABC 23 newscast about The Basketball Tournament 2019

Cathy Griffith raising awareness on the evening news for PC on WPCD 11/16/2017

Greg Griffith giving his last interview at the July 2011 dinner about what it is like living with stage IV Pancreatic Cancer and the importance of connecting patients, families, and communities through advocacy, awareness, and research.

Bigger than Basketball: local basketball teams raise money to ‘Sideline Cancer'(Thursday, January 6th 2022)

Cathy co-hosted the show in April 2012

Forever Media

Winner of the 2021 Forever Media Give Local Campaign
25 morning circuit appearances
New Years Believe
PSA with Bill Curtis

Jordan Griffith did radio broadcast interviews about the Sideline Cancer TBT Basketball Team

Cathy did a Podcast with KC O’Day on Big 1290 Radio News Talk Radio about Pancreatic Cancer

Curve Night Ads

Featured in photo are Geoff Behrens and Diane Zink from Fund a Cure Night at the Altoona Curve to Sideline PC

Approximately $18,000 raised since 2011

Jordan Griffith did radio broadcast interviews about the Sideline Cancer TBT Basketball Team

Cathy did a Podcast with KC O’Day on Big 1290 Radio News Talk Radio about Pancreatic Cancer

2019 – Project Purple with Rick Jones

GFF was the recipient of FNB Dress Down Day

Lisa Georgiana at BGHS presented “Live Your Best Life” lecture about Sideline Cancer

Photo albums by LeAnn Stefan Photography from 2019 PSU Altoona Symposium with Jack Andraka, Times Square NYC 2019, TBT 2019 on ESPN, and GFF’s tenth annual dinner with special guest speaker Tom Whitehead of the Emily Whitehead Foundation. These albums are proudly displayed in the GFF office.

Photo books created by GFF Marketing Consultant Chris Kanski to help us promote our fundraising events.

Photo of Sideline Cancer Program ad for AASD Boys and Girls Basketball

GFF Open House November 15, 2013

Billboard for PSU Altoona Pancreatic Cancer Symposium on April 4, 2014

Griff’s Run and Gun for a Cure digital billboard

Chamber of Commerce Servant Award to Booker Moore for the Griffith Family Foundation 2012

• Courage for Kiera Foundation – Kiera Chirdon courageously battled a rare childhood cancer. The Foundation strives to honor her memory by providing scholarships for students in the music department.
• Sideline Cancer thanked in Courage for Kiera Foundation’s 2019 benefit concert
• https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/tag/kiera-chirdon
• https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/11-year-old-kiera-chirdon-recieves-award-on-behalf-of-greg-griffith

• 2012 Intel Science Award Winner
• Mar 28, 2013 – Altoona Mirror front page Life section
• Attended Future Physicians of America, where Jack made time for a Sideline Cancer photo-op
• Attended Congress of Future Medical Leaders
• https://www.altoonamirror.com/life/community/2019/10/student-volunteer-for-griffith-family-foundation-nominated-to-attend-congress-of-future-medical-leaders-in-boston/
• https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/tag/jack-andraka

Jack Andraka: “Be the change our world needs. Imagine what YOU CAN DO”

June 27, 2017: Jack Andraka tells 100 members of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists about Sideline Cancer

Jack Andraka and Sierra Lombardi, President of Sideline Cancer at Hollidaysburg High School

Jack won the 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for Youth Achievement

• Sideline Cancer Events at Saint Francis University, Penn State University, Penn State Altoona, and Juniata College

Sideline Cancer at Juniata College Student Club

SFU First Chapter for Sideline Cancer in 2014

Sideline Cancer at Penn State

• Purple Power Run 2019
• Reported on by the Altoona Mirror, local TV stations, PSU Newswire, and the Daily Collegian

Sideline Cancer at Penn State Purple Power Run 2019

Sideline Cancer at Penn State being interviewed by the Collegian online

Purple Power Run group photo PSU HUB

• SFU
  • Sideline Cancer logo on screen at all basketball games
  • Feb 2019 – Pep Talk with Flash Women B-Ball team at SFU

• PSU (Main) & Sideline Cancer Efforts
  • 2019 #ICAN Challenge at PSU Berkey Creamery
  • Football Games and Thon
  • https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/tag/ice-cream-challenge
  • https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/ican-challenge-for-pancreatic-cancer-research/amp/

PSU Men’s Basketball Coach Pat Chambers

• PSU Altoona
  • Sideline Cancer highlighted in flyers for Penn State Altoona sporting events
  • News releases about events crafted by Media Relations Coordinator Marissa Carney
  • https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/tag/psu-altoona

• Spirit Days at local High Schools

Total Page Views for January: 1,636

Total Page Views for February: 1,869

Total Page Views for March: 1,297

• Sideline Cancer: 51 views
• The Foundation: 44 views
• News: 39 views
• Contact Us: 36 views
• Upcoming Events: 33 views
• #ICAN-TeeOff for a Cure Registration: 29 views
• Sideline Cancer/TBT Sideline Cancer: 26 views
• Photos-Videos: 24 views
• #ICAN Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Symposium Forum 2019: 23 views
• 2020 #ICAN Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Dinner: 20 views
• Griffiths Story: 19 views
• Purple Power Run: 19 views
• Fund-a-Cure: 17 views

• #ICAN Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Youth Forum: 16 views
• History of the Griffith Family Foundation: 15 views
• 2019 ICAN Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Symposium Video and Photos:13 views
• 2019 Sideline Cancer Golf Tournament Video and Photos: 13 views
• Tag on Greg Griffith: 13 views
• Cathy Griffith Bio: 11 views
• Love Conquers All: 11 views
• PA Business Central Article: 11 views
• Purple Power Run 2019: 11 views
• Events/10th Annual Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Dinner: 10 views
• News Page 2: 10 views

Instagram

Twitter

Facebook

YouTube

January 2020 Social Media Statistics

• Facebook: The number of people who had your Page’s post enter their screen. Posts include statuses, photos, links, videos): 1,393
• Twitter: Number of Total Impressions: 6,826 o Instagram: N/A
• YouTube: Number of Impressions: 366

LINK to Main Channel to access all videos from GFF:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr0MmSET75IaAuXY1_uvoBw/videos

LINK to most important Sideline Cancer Video with 27,000 Views
 https://youtu.be/tK6VSYA1oPw

Our Sideline Cancer History Video received over 5000 views

Launched April 2018 (Sponsored Ad on wheels)

Participation in Winter and October parades in Hollidaysburg

Sideline Cancer intern Sierra Cobler presented at the Poconos, PA in May 2018 with our amazing awareness poster boards created by GFF Marketing Consultant Chris Kanski.

nominated every year for the past 3 years

Sheetz Entrepreneur in Residence

May 2012

Cathy Griffith travels to the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix, Arizona to meet international Pancreatic Cancer advocate and survivor Kay Kays.

March 2013

Cathy Griffith attended The Digestive Disease National Coalition in Washington DC to represent The Greg and Cathy Griffith Family Foundation

June 2013

Cathy Griffith travels to the American Society of Cancer Oncology in Chicago, Illinois as a Pancreatic Cancer advocate.

December 2013

Cathy Griffith travels to Atlanta, Georgia as an Advocate Scholar with the American Association of Cancer Researchers and meets with Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society to discuss the Sideline Cancer youth initiative.

March 2014

Cathy Griffith attends the annual Digestive Disease National Coalition (DDNC) and was a speaker with Dr. Moser.

July 2014

GFF sponsors its first team in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) to raise awareness for Pancreatic Cancer. GFF has sponsored a TBT team every year since 2014.

September 2014

Cathy Griffiths attends a symposium at the National Institute of Health and meets Jack Andraka’s mentor, Dr. Anirban Maitra.

March 2015

Cathy Griffith becomes Secretary of the DDNC.

July 2015

Cathy Griffith attends the inaugural North American Pancreatic Cancer Meeting in New York City.

May 2016

Cathy Griffith attends the inaugural World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition in Miami, Florida.

November 2016

Cathy Griffith and GFF Board Member Nancy Fulchiero attend World Pancreatic Cancer Day at Harvard Medical School and present a donation to Dr. Moser of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

March 2017

Cathy Griffith becomes Vice Chair of the DDNC, a position she holds thru 2020. Sideline Cancer intern and Outreach Liaison Marissa Lombari attends her first DDNC meeting and will continue to represent Sideline Cancer in 2018 and 2019. Founding member of Sideline Cancer Bonnie Waltz and Sideline Cancer interns also attend DDNC and lobby congressional offices for an early detection test for Pancreatic Cancer.

November 2018

GFF Sideline Cancer Interns Marissa Lombardi and Joel Redfoot attended World Pancreatic Cancer Day in Boston with Dr. Moser at Fenway Park.

November 2018

The Fulchiero Family Traveled to Boston to make a check presentation to Dr. Moser BIDMC

2018

Marissa Lombardi accepts a job at the International Foundation of Gastrointestinal Disease Disorders and continues to represent GFF at ASCO, AACR, and WPCC meetings.

March 2020

Sideline Cancer at Hollidaysburg President Sierra Lombardi and her mother, Angela Lombardi, represent the GFF at the DDNC.

Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony at our office on November 15, 2013

Dr. Niven Narain is President and CEO of Berg Pharma and is collaborating with Dr. Moser on his research project called “Project Survival.

https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/history-of-the-griffith-family-foundation

https://griffithfamilyfoundation.org/griffs-run-gun-for-a-cure-2011-amanda-ottaway-performs-godwinks

#ICANattitude and #BelieveAlwaysSpirit

Raising awareness at Senator Bob Casey’s office at the Capitol

Dr. James A. Moser

Dr. Simon Robinson

Dr. Steven Freedman

Cathy was a speaker at the DDNC Public Policy Forum in March 2015

Inaugural WPCC meeting in Florida in May 2016

Email sent to World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition about our Sideline Cancer TBT Team 2019

Cathy Presented the #ICAN Sideline Pancreatic Cancer PowerPoint at the inaugural WPCC meeting in Miami, Florida in May 2016

Founding members of the Alliance of Families Fighting Pancreatic Cancer

Marissa Lombardi attended on behalf of GFF

Cathy Griffith is a certified AACR patient advocate for PC

In photo is the founder of ASCO Research Advocacy Network Elda Railey

Cathy and Dr. Maitra at NIH

Dr. Anirban Maitra
Professor of Pathology and Translational Molecular Pathology, Division of Pathology/Lab Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

GFF/Sideline Cancer added to Christmas Tree promotion

Dr. Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society, in Atlanta, Georgia in 2014

Pictured in photo is GFF Sideline Cancer Intern Joel Redfoot and Ernest Rajakone, a Policy Analyst within the Office of Equity, where he focuses on government affairs and legislation.

Dr. Janet Woodcock
Dr. Woodcock, formerly of Hollidaysburg, PA, is the director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CDER makes sure that safe and effective drugs are available to improve the health of people in the United States. In July 2015, Dr. Woodcock did a video address at the annual Griff’s Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Dinner.

Dr. Debra Yeskey
Dr. Yeskey, former Director of Regulatory and Qualify Affairs Division for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a long-time advisor and friend of Cathy Griffith and the Foundation. Dr. Yeskey currently serves as the Head of Regulatory Affairs – North America at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

2012 Intel Science and Engineer Fair Winner Jack Andraka with the Sky Family

Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Fulchiero, founding member of GFF Booker Moore, and founder of J’s Run Jennifer LoConte

Recipients of Hollidaysburg Rotary’s Community Service Funds

Julie Weiss, Kerry Irvine, and Jack Andraka attended the GFF Dinner in 2014.

Brian Morden Foundation

Smiles for Miles Foundation

Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund

The Fulchiero Family

Easter for Eli

Additional Awards
• 2019 PA Business Central Women in Business 38 Women Making a Difference in 2019
• 2019 PA Business Central Top 20 Non-Profit Female Leader
• PA Business Central 23 Health Care Heroes 2019
• 2018 PA Business Central 50 to Follow Women in Business
• 2018 PA Business Central Top 100 People for The Griffith Family Foundation’s “I Can Sideline Cancer Youth Initiative”