My Nonprofit Reviews

I first became aware of ECAN over 10 years ago when my late husband Bill was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer. I received a brief but sobering education on what we were in for regarding his diagnosis from ECAN. He lost his brave battle after only 9 short months, and our heartbreaking loss spurred me into action and supporting ECAN and bringing awareness about this terrible disease. Last December, I started working at ECAN and it has been an eye-opening experience of everything that ECAN does. ECAN does so much to bring awareness to the prevention of the disease and the link between it and heartburn, advocates to raise funding for research, provides a huge amount of patient support, and has provided a community for those who have won the battle, are still fighting the battle, and for those who have been left behind and honors those that have been lost. It is considered a rare cancer, but it is on the rise, especially with younger people. ECAN's mission is to help save lives and I am extremely proud to be part of the team and to try to help other families from going through what we went through and still live with our loss every day.