About The Eric Drew Foundation

If you are very lucky, you came to this website by pure chance but, unfortunately, the odds are fairly slim that you found us on the web by accident. The odds are more likely that you were directed here by either a friend or a search engine. Yes, I personally know what it's like to find out that a friend or loved one has been diagnosed with a serious or terminal illness and that their chance of survival is not very good. The initial shock is staggering - then, a desperate time follows where you search for cures and answers. It's not easy, but remember, you're not alone.

The idea and motivation to create a fund to support serious or terminally ill patients is due to a very special person, Eric Drew, a long time resident of Los Gatos, California. When Eric was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in December of 2002 and then given only a small chance to survive over the following weeks, his friends and family pulled together to do whatever they could to help.

As Eric made it through the initial chemotherapy treatment to put his Leukemia into temporary remission, his friends and family created a non-profit charity organization to help all Leukemia patients with the financial and emotional hardships faced by people suffering from this disease. Over time we have been learning the needs first hand and trying to do what we can to address these needs in the most positive manner possible.

The costs involved in treating a seriously ill patient can be astronomical and even the best insurance will never pay for all of it. The cost of fighting for survival can easily bankrupt an individual, an entire family and even companies.

As you will unfortunately find out, most all non-profit organizations trying to help with serious or terminal illnesses concentrate their efforts on finding a cure through research grants. Although the search for cures is very important, this far-sighted approach fails to address the immediate needs of patients who are fighting for their lives at this very moment. The Eric Drew Foundation was created to fill this void and address the needs of people suffering today.