The origin of the Foundation begins with a young man who, shortly after being accepted to Columbia University and just a few weeks before graduating high school, was diagnosed with a cancer seen predominately in adolescents and young adults.  Two years later, Reid Sacco had lost his courageous and inspiring battle with that cancer. 

Reid 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 resume his plans and head off to Columbia University.

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.

Among the sub-topic pages, read more about the Organization, its Mission & Vision, and the Values of the Reid R. Sacco Memorial Foundation.