We are seeking support to provide Quinn with a life-saving medical alert service dog and help cover ongoing medical expenses. Quinn, diagnosed with a rare brain tumor in December 2021 at the age of 3, faces numerous lifelong conditions, including Optic nerve and chiasm damage, growth hormone deficiency, Hypothyroidism, and adrenal insufficiency. A trained service dog would greatly assist her by detecting low cortisol levels and other emergencies before they become life-threatening, as well as carrying essential medical information and medication. #QUINNSTRONG

Jodi Matthies was diagnosed with breast cancer in April. She had surgery in May and is currently having chemotherapy treatment through November, which will be followed with Radiation.

The Kautz's son, Ryland, is battling brain cancer (DMG). Two months ago, on July 21st, they noticed concerning symptoms in Ryland, leading to his diagnosis. The news that it was a high-grade glioma was devastating, but love and encouragement have been invaluable to them as they face this challenge.

Currently, Ryland is undergoing radiation therapy, and they're exploring clinical trials to fight this tumor.

We hope to raise enough funds to help them in this journey full of travel expenses, medical bills, and potential lost wages. Keep them in your thoughts with us for Ryland's healing and strength during this battle. 

Four years ago, Jamie Elliott courageously fought BRCA1 Breast Cancer, while raising two small toddlers and creating a home for her new family. Sadly, Jamie finds herself battling cancer a second time. This time, she is fighting colorectal cancer. As she faces chemo, radiation and potential surgeries while raising and homeschooling 6 and 7 year old boys, the daunting financial struggle has resumed.

We ask that you consider joining Jamie and her husband Matt in prayer, friendship, and finances to help her overcome cancer a second time. We hope to help Jamie raise enough money to cover her out-of-pocket medical expenses and help her meet other financial needs that accompany this battle.

As Jamie is a women of faith, we finally ask that you would pray for her recovery in this trying time. Thank you in advance for caring about Jamie, her family, and helping in any way that you feel.

Starting with Paisley being rushed down to Milwaukee and having her shunt malfunctioning. Having to have multiple stays at Children's, Mri's and being in ICU. She was finally able to come home and was doing so well when Ashley ended up in the Hospital for 5 days with sepsis and fighting a horrible infection in her blood and brain. All while having to be away from her children and husband. Again last night Paisley started to get headaches and go back down to Milwaukee for ANOTHER surgery. Ashley could not go with being so weak, from being just hospitalized.

Both Josh and Ashley have the biggest hearts and are amazing parents to their 3 children. But the burdens of what God has made them go thru the past 1.5 months has been so much. They have both had to travel back and forth. They have used up all of their Vacation at work. These funds will be used to help them stay afloat while Ashley is unable to work right now. To be able to provide for their 3 beautiful children and make sure they can pay their bills.

Anything helps. Please pray for this beautiful family.

Paisley is back in Milwaukee again 6/16 again undergoing another surgery today 6/18 She was home for a Meer month and a half of normalcy with her family until her shunt malfunctioned again.. this family has been thru so much and torn apart so much in the past few months. 

Jill Hartwig was diagnosed with breast cancer on 9/26. Jill will undergo surgery on 10/17. After surgery Jill will be very limited to the activities she can perform and a long road of recovery ahead. The Hartwig is a family of four and always helping ours while getting it done. They are why we exist…a hard working family that is the center of our community and awesome people!

Around Christmas time last year, Ginny Kihl was feeling really weak. She was admitted into a Milwaukee hospital. She was fighting Sepsis, Kidney failure and liver failure. For several weeks, Her Husband Kevin was taking a daily trip to Milwaukee to see her. Her children traveled there as well. Ghosttown Foundation gave a donation to help with the gas and other expenses. Ginny was getting better every day. Unfortunately, she had a stroke and passed away.

Chris' wife has been battling several forms of Cancer for the last 3 years. She can no longer work and he misses a lot of work taking her various appointments. The foundation gave them money to help with bills to help get through the day to day life. 

Dave and his wife Ellen are both Kaukauna community members, who had to endure a very hard patch in 2022. 

Dave had surgery on June 7th to remove blockage in his nasal and unfortunately they found a lesion in his throat that was cancer. Dave got very sick from all the chemo and had to miss a lot of work. He couldn't eat and had to go through a lot of pain & inconveniences. His wife Ellen had to also take time off of work to assist in taking care of Dave. 

They also lost a son in the past year, bringing even more pain to their family. 

We as a foundation were so very grateful we could help them out with medical bills and everyday living expenses. 

Jovee Shae was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) when she was 3 weeks old. TSC is a rare genetic disease with only an estimated 50,000 people in the United States and one million diagnosed in the entire world.

TSC causes benign tumors to grow in the main organs such as the heart, brain, kidneys, lungs, eyes and skin. Jovee currently has six tumors in her heart, over ten in her brain and too many in both of her kidneys to count.

85% of people with TSC have seizures and many have some type of developmental delay. No two people with TSC are impacted the same and there is no way to predict severity or outcomes. While there is currently no cure for TSC there are scientists, medical experts and advocates who will not rest until there is.

In November when Jovee was two months old, she became the third baby in the world to participate in the STOP2 clinical trial at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The purpose of this study is to identify if a new formulation of the mTOR inhibitor medication called Sirolimus can be used proactively in infants with TSC to prevent seizures and stop the growth of new tumors while shrinking or at minimum maintaining the size of the tumors that were there when she was born.

So far Jovee is doing well on the medication and her family is so grateful they found the TSC medical team in Cincinnati as they are recognized as one of best teams in the world to treat this rare disease. Jovee and her parents Josh and Nicole have been to and from Cincinnati four times since November and will have to travel there three more times before her first birthday in September.

While some clinical trials offer compensation, this one does not. The medication, lab work and doctor visits are covered by study funding. The family is financially responsible for the five EEG’s and four MRI’s (2 abdomen, 2 brain) she will have this year alone. While they do have health insurance, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is out of network and because she is not yet having seizures (yay, the medicine is doing what it’s supposed to be doing) insurance will not cover multiple EEG’s or MRI’s in the same year, leaving the family with large out of pocket medical expenses.

Unfortunately many have lost loved ones to TSC when it could have been prevented had they gone to a specialist. There is truly so much unknown and the family never wants finances to get in the way of receiving the care Jovee needs. They are so grateful to the Foundation for the generous donation. These incredible acts of kindness bring us so much hope for Jovee’s future. Thank you! 

Shane was working out with you one day, and mentioned that he was going to a walk/benefit for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) for our good friend's baby, Rose, who was born with CHD. Little Rose is 5 months old, and born with only 2 chambers in her heart instead of 4. She fights very hard, and her little heart works almost triple time to keep her functioning. 

The doctors wanted to wait until she was one year old to do the heart surgery, but her lungs kept filling with fluid as the heart cannot do enough to keep her lungs clear and pump blood. On November 4th, Rose went through her first open heart surgery. Our hearts melt for this amazing family. They live in Kaukauna and would never, ever, ask for anyone's help, even though Rose has already had 2 surgeries and the medical bills are piling up. 

A heart-felt thank you goes to the Ghost Town Foundation for helping Rose's family. It was amazing. Thank you for the prayers for her family, the surgeons, and Rose, THE WARRIOR, as she goes through something no parent would ever dream of for their child.

GTFC Foundation was happy to donate $2,500 to this family:

Three weeks ago, I received the three words that no one ever wants to hear: YOU HAVE CANCER. It was devastating news for my family and I. Since then, I have had many scans and procedures to find out if the cancer has spread and what the next steps are.

As of right now, the cancer is only in my liver. I will be undergoing a procedure next Friday to remove 50% of my liver where the tumor is located. I will most likely start Chemo and Radiation 4 weeks after, to make sure we kill any cancer the CT scans did not pick up.

I have many emotions after finding out this news but I can promise you the one thing that has never changed is the fight I have to beat this. I refuse to allow cancer to take me away from my beautiful daughters and wife. Cancer will not win this fight. The only thing that I worry about is making sure my girls never see me in pain and never get scared by any of this. Thank you for all the love and support I have already received. I have the strength and fight to kick this cancers ass.

I first wanted to start out with thanking everyone for the generous gift of money given to my family. Since my injury on March 1st, my family has been struggling with bills. I'm a single mom with 2 boys. One of my boys is going to college and my other son lives with me full time. I've been waiting over 12 weeks for unemployment to start. This gift of money was able to help pay some bills. Thank you again for everything.

In early 2019, Dolly (Karen) Fassbender-Boreson became ill from an undiagnosed disease. She has been struggling, medically, since. Besides her medical issues, her husband had lost his employment due to the closing of his company. During this time, her condition deteriorated and has been struggling with headaches, dizziness, stomach issues and a significant loss of weight.

The start of Doll's story begins with numerous doctor appointments with very little in results from these appointments. At first the doctors had thought it was a case of vertigo but that particular diagnosis was ruled out. Throughout this time she has still been suffering with her many symptoms but no answers.

Since the symptoms had not relinquished, Dolly was unable to work. Fortunately she has had the support from family and friends. However, recently, her condition has been worsening. Currently she is in the hospital trying to find the answers to all of her medical issues.

A few weeks ago she had a spinal tap which did not result in a final conclusion. Unfortunately this procedure sent her into a rapid decline in health. Recently they have found a mass on her lung and a spot on her kidney. 

Dolly is a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Her family and friends are rallying around Doll and the FAMILY appreciates all the support. Unfortunately the medical bills are adding up and the TEAM of supporters would appreciate any help for Dolly's expenses.

Erin lives in Kaukauna with her husband, Jon, and two kids, Maddie (KHS 2018 graduate) and Trevor (Junior at KHS).

Erin has an autoimmune disease which has left her with a combination of health challenges, including Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) requiring a liver transplant. Erin was on the transplant list for 6 years and finally received her transplant in September 2019.

GTFC donated $300 in gas cards to assist in travel expenses.