Articles about Our Partners

November 30, 2025

Community Partner Spotlight: Jenni Lilledahl

If know anything about me, you know that improv is a very important part of my life. After the loss of my wife way back in 1997 it was improv that brought me back from an impossible dark space. Jenni ...

September 29, 2025

Community Partner Spotlight: Shanna Swanson

Shanna Swanson, Executive Director of the Firefly Sisterhood, is a kindred spirt. As I sat furiously taking notes during an interview with her, I paused for a moment and realized that I was ...

Community Partner Spotlight: Masonic Cancer Center

Spotlight on Gilda's Club Minnesota

Gilda’s Club Minnesota has been around for about as long as Jack's Caregiver Coalition and I (Jeff) am lucky enough to have been part of the incredible organization since it opened its doors. Gilda’s ...

Gardner Builders: Our First Sponsor

I’m confident that anyone who has ever founded a non-profit remembers the moment their first sponsor signed on. It was 2015, and I remember it like it was yesterday. There it was, a text from Bob ...

August 08, 2023

Community Partner Spotlight: Colon Cancer Coalition

In 2011 I was living in Virginia and my wife Sarah was diagnosed with colon cancer. Photo taken one month after Sarah's diagnosis. In 2013, we moved from Norfolk, Virginia to Eagan, Minnesota. Our ...

Urban Growler: A New Home For Klatches

The Jack’s staff has been studying a book called Unreasonable Hospitality about the food and drink service industry and are applying it to the work that we do. Our new home for Klatches and newest ...

Community Partner Spotlight: Gilda's Club Twin Cities

My personal post caregiving journey is deeply tied to the art (yes art) of improv. My wife passed away in July of 1997 a short 9 months after our wedding and I was lost in a sea of pessimism and ...

February 24, 2021

Margie and Mark Sborov: The Path to Angel

The Path to Angel Celebrating 20 years of Angel Foundation. A tribute to perseverance, passion, and one so loved, who was lost so many years ago.

August 19, 2019

Priceless4Purpose, Part 2

They inspire us: Cindy Bartlett on her mission, Priceless4Purpose Meet Cindy Bartlett. Her purpose is priceless.

August 05, 2019

Priceless4Purpose, Part 1

Our weekend at Mystic Views B & B – no agendas, no stresses, no expenses. To us, it was Priceless! Mystic Views, just north of the Tension Zone

Parenting Through Cancer, Part One

A conversation with the Angel Foundation and an adult who's been in my kids' shoes. People say thing like, ‘kids are resilient,’ ‘they’ll bounce back,’ and so many platitudes. The truth is, I’ve had ...

August 21, 2018

Cancer Caregivers: the Partner Perspective Part 2

“One is the loneliest number . . .” begins a popular 1960’s song by Three Dog Night. But 2 can be the loneliest number when your partner has cancer. Treatments left Cindy* and her husband stranded at ...

Cancer Caregivers: the Partner Perspective Part I

A collaboration with our friends at The Firefly Sisterhood. We're starting with the perspective of Caregivers who are caring for their partner. In future posts we'll begin exploring other ...

He's a Bad Ass. He Goes by Jean. And He's Our Good Friend from AARP.

Jean Accius, PHD, PMP Dr. Accius is a senior executive and nationally recognized thought leader on aging, health and long-term care policy.

Programming Champion Spotlight, Caregiver Klatch

Meet Heather Erickson, our Caregiver Klatch Champion Heather Erickson plays a lot of roles, a primary cancer caregiver, a Mom, a wife, a teacher, an author, a blogger. The list goes on. And most ...