Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 52 - HEADstrong Chief Of Development Pat Colleluori

Pat Colleluori - Chief Development Officer at HEADstrong Foundation 01:20 Nicholas and His Story-Growing up in a blue collar suburb in Philadelphia-Plucked off a baseball field -Loved life and the idea of competing -Team guy -3 sport athlete -Coming up in a time of growth in that area -State championship runs -Blue collar work ethic -Getting to Hofstra -Learning the close defense position-Rose to every opportunity 12:25 The News When Nicholas Found Out He Had Cancer-Diagnosed with aggressive non hodgkin's lymphoma-Did not show symptoms much initially-Coming home after freshman year at Hofstra -Playing with family -September 21st 2005 -Hearing the news-Confidence in himself -Michael's friend Evan Brady 22:26 Nicholas's Reaction and The Movement Into HEADstrong Foundation-Aggressive yet unsuccessful first round of treatment -Working as a family for Nick -Controlling certain things -Level of respect for everyone helping him -Preparing for a Stem Cell transplant 28:08 How All This Process Came Into the HEADstrong Foundation -Nicks priority was helping those helping him -Family coming together to help -Helping other people who didn't have as great of a support system -Desire for the well being of others -How Nicholas helped frame everything -Financial focus -Insurance games at the time -Helping with logistics -Knowing what it was like to need specialists -Helping with lodging -Nick's House 43:22 Plans Coming Up for HEADstrong Foundation -Nicks nickname: HEAD -Where things within the foundation come from -Short term goals of getting back to Hofstra -Getting back on the field the day he was discharged -Desire to start a dialog -Recent trip to Hofstra -Acknowledgment to Seth Tierney 51:37 Get Involved With HEADstrong -HEAdstrong.org-Social Media: Headstrong FND -Events to be apart of -Giving athletes an opportunity to be apart of the family-Donation -Lax/madness.com-Email HEADstrong anytime 55:04 Story of Nicholas's Last Time With His Teammates-Being 19 years old and having cancer -Team surrounding him helped him go through the process-Organizing trip to their home Journey along the way with the team -Eased the difficulty of saying goodbye-The bonding moment for everyone in that room