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The goals of The WunderGlo Foundation are to help find the cure for colon cancer, support cancer warriors and their loved ones, and to promote healthy lifestyle choices for all. Our annual grants, given to cutting-edge research centers and National Cancer Institutions, will ensure that there is always support for those who work tirelessly for the cure. Through our innovative programming, we strive to promote our ideals of positive attitude and healthy living throughout the country and beyond. In sharing Gloria’s story, The WunderGlo Foundation hopes to inspire others to get empowered and fight the disease with optimism, courage, and strength. Through advocacy and patient support, we have reached thousands of patients across the country and beyond.
Our Mission Statement says it all: “The WunderGlo Foundation will not rest until there is a cure for colon cancer.” As primarily an ALL-Volunteer Organization, with ONLY grass-roots donations and no major sponsor, The WunderGlo Foundation proudly leads the charge among our colorectal cancer non-profit peers in funding $1.75 Million Dollars in research, to date, for the cure of colorectal cancer detailed in The Wunder Project; funds that go DIRECTLY to research for The CURE. We will not stop our work until our ultimate goal is reached.
We are also very proud of "The Children of WunderGlo" Programs that support the children of cancer patients, survivors, and those who have passed from cancer. -Since 2016, WunderGlo distributes presents during the holidays to the children of cancer patients (all cancers) throughout the country (also reaching 2-families in Malaysia & Canada). Our Children of WunderGlo Annual Scholarship Program awards scholarships to graduating high school students who have lost a parent to colon cancer and are pursuing their secondary education. To date, The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation has awarded Scholarships to 33-young men and women across the country - in support of their worthy and promising futures.
A brief recap about how WunderGlo first started: On September 19, 2010, then 28-year old Gloria Borges was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer with long odds of survival. Instead of giving up, she fought back, taking an aggressive treatment path that included 62 rounds of chemo, radiation, and three major surgeries. In addition, she transformed her diet, fitness regimen, and every other part of her life to aid her in her mission to beat cancer. Gloria defied all of the odds in the face of a very aggressive disease.
When she first began her battle with cancer, Gloria started a blog called WunderGlo (www.Wunderglo.com) that chronicled her “cancer-killing adventures” and her attitude about treatment and living life to the fullest. The blog went viral. To date, over 100,000 people have visited her site in over 135-different countries. Patients and caregivers from all over the country would email her daily asking for advice and encouragement and Gloria had helped and counseled thousands of patients and their families. Our Foundation proudly continues this personal one-on-one patient support.
In hopes of making an even bigger impact on patients and their loved ones, Gloria launched The WunderGlo Foundation in September of 2011 and co-founded The Wunder Project with Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz of USC-Norris Comprehensive Center in 2013. Sadly, in early January 2014, Gloria suddenly and unexpectedly passed away due to complications from a blood clot disorder. Before she left this earth, Gloria clearly identified all of her instructions for the Foundation with the directives and plans to achieve the all-important goals that she so brilliantly set forth and handed the charge of this forging organization to me, her mother, Becky Keller.
The WunderGlo Foundation continues to be a personal "organization" by supporting colorectal cancer patients, their families and children throughout the country. We have an online support group called "WunderGlo Chat" and we provide a free Reiki and Guided Meditation Program for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers, which first began at USC Norris & Keck Hospital in 2016, and now reaches patients throughout the country through our virtual Zoom format. We have created The Children of WunderGlo Programming to support the children of cancer patients through our annual scholarships and holiday gifts distribution. -We are in the planning stages to facilitate a private Facebook Support Group for The Young Adult Children of WunderGlo that our WunderGlo Scholarship recipients will be involved with as our Group Administrators.
Brief summary of The WunderGlo Foundation work and achievements, to date:
- The Los Angeles Business Journal named Gloria and The WunderGlo Foundation: The Philanthropist of The Year in 2015.
- In October 2021, Southwest Airlines named The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation as one of 52 non-profit organizations (top 2%) in the country to be recognized and acknowledged for spreading kindness in our community, during their 50th Year Anniversary "One Million Acts of Kindness - One Million Acts of Thanks" campaign. Southwest Airlines was impressed with how our team puts our hearts into action for our cancer community.
- In 2015, The WunderGlo Foundation dedicated the G.I. Oncology Lab of Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz for the Cure of Colorectal Cancer at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- The WunderGlo Foundation has gifted $1.75-MILLION DOLLARS to funding research for the cure of colorectal cancer, detailed in The Wunder Project.
- The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation Reiki & Guided Meditation Program for cancer patients/caregivers/survivors is now virtual - via Zoom format, which reaches patients, survivors and caregivers across the country.
- Our on-Line Facebook Support Group - called “WunderGlo Chat for Colon Cancer” - is privately offered to colorectal cancer patients/caregivers/survivors throughout the country.
- As “Patient Navigators”, WunderGlo facilitates and accompanies cancer patients for primary and second opinions with Keck of USC affiliate oncologists and surgeon’s consultations & surgeries.
- Grants directed to Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz at USC-Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and to Dr. Christina Curtis at Stanford University Medical School. The Stanford grant targets urgent work/understanding the mechanisms of colorectal cancer progression.
- THE WUNDER PROJECT RESEARCH -WunderGlo Foundation Funded Research, has been credited since 2015, has been published in 75-peer reviewed research papers, including New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Annals of Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research and Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.
In 2016, through Wunder Project funding, new biomarker patents were filed at USC- Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- The Children of WunderGlo” Programs support children of cancer patients. Since 2016, through our Holiday Toy Collection Drive WunderGlo has distributed presents to the children of (all) cancer patients throughout the country (also reaching Malaysia & Canada).
- In 2017, WunderGlo established programming that awards three (3) Scholarships, annually, to graduating High School Students across the country who have lost a parent to colon cancer and are pursuing their secondary education. However, since 2019, The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation has awarded Scholarships to six (6) students in each of these years and gave scholarships to seven (7) students in 2021. The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation has awarded Scholarships to 33-young men & women to date - in support of their worthy and promising futures.
- In light of Covid-19, The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation shipped "Love Life" face masks and hand sanitizers (FREE) to the children of cancer patients and families across the United States during the pandemic, both in 2020 and in 2021.
Please know that your support to WunderGlo honors our founder Gloria's vision and our collective purposeful mission. Together, we help countless lives and bring great hope to our cancer community.
It is The WunderGlo Foundation's sincere honor to be in partnership with you in our audacious fight against cancer and in support of patients and their families, everywhere. Thank you for your generosity, consideration and meaningful support to The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation.
