HOWARD, WI (WTAQ) – Former Green Bay Packers security director and cancer survivor Jerry Parins helped hand out $135,000 raised through last year’s Cruise for Cancer ride and events on Wednesday.
Ten different cancer organizations shared the money raised in 2015:
- The Cancer Team at Bellin Health Patient Assistance Fund – $42,000
- Compassionate Care Fund at St. Vincent Hospital – $42,000
- Unity Limited Partnership – $11,000
- Life Line Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at St. Vincent Hospital – $11,000
- Angel Classic – $6,000
- Ovarian Cancer Community Outreach – $5,500
- Fox Valley Brain Tumor Coalition – $5,500
- Colton’s Cure Foundation – $5,000
- Cancer Medication Assistance Fund at St. Vincent Hospital – $5,000
- A Woman’s Place Loan Closet at St. Mary’s Hospital – $2,500
Diagnosed with cancer on February 10, 2003 at the age of 64, Jerry Parins embarked on a journey that would undoubtedly change his life. Throughout his surgery and 2 grueling battles with chemotherapy, Parins like many cancer patients, found it tough to keep a positive frame of mind.
With the unwavering support of his family, friends, the Green Bay Packers organization and his co-workers from the Packers, Jerry Parins put cancer behind him and continues to stay one step ahead of the disease that’s affected millions of families worldwide in one way or another.
Continuing his love affair with motorcycles that began at an early age, Parins coordinated the first annual “Jerry Parins Cruise for Cancer”. 13 years later, the Cruise is still going strong. Over the course of the last 12 years, the motorcycle ride and other supporters have raised over $1 million for various cancer-related organizations, many of which he encountered during his treatment at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay.
This year’s “Cruise for Cancer” will take place on Saturday, June 11.
