John Michael Pierce Foundation Information

The John Michael Pierce Foundation has been created to honor John Michael and to continue his legacy of living life to the fullest despite being dealt a cancer diagnosis at 24 years old. The mission of the John Michael Pierce Foundation is to build awareness in young adults about the early signs and symptoms of esophageal cancer. Young adult esophageal cancer is on the rise and since the symptoms don't seem significant, most people discover it at a late stage which limits treatment success. Utilizing social media, targeted advertising, college campus programs, public service announcements and special events geared toward young adults, we communicate this critical message and encourage people to seek evaluation early on. If we save just one person, we will consider our efforts extremely successful.