BRIDGET NESKO OVARIAN CANCER FOUNDATION

The Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Foundation (formerly, the Bridget Nesko Memorial Scholarship Foundation) is dedicated to the memory of Bridget Flynn Nesko, BSN, RN, who lost her life on November 28, 2022 from the ravages of ovarian cancer at the age of 55. 

Overcoming much difficulty during her brief lifetime, Bridget achieved remarkable career success in healthcare and healthcare education, publishing and broadcasting, while demonstrating her deep love, concern and commitment to family, friends, patients and total strangers who required help.

In her honor, Bridget’s Foundation is committed to Defying Ovarian Cancer by:

 

  • Providing and promoting ovarian cancer education and awareness to the primary care medical community, the public and the media through the Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Education Center, and;
  • Working to defy ovarian cancer’s impact on victims, caregivers, and their families through access to unbiased information, evaluation, testing, intervention, treatment and (as needed) end-of-life support for victims and their families.

The Foundation also supports other nonprofit organizations committed to the fight against ovarian cancer, including the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition, the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, the Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer Louisa M. McGregor Ovarian Cancer Foundation, and a host of other local organizations throughout the US and Ireland committed to spreading awareness in their communities.

Through private funding provided by the founder, the Foundation grants financial support for programs intended to honor Bridget Nesko’s memory and legacy, including two century-long programs intended to preserve Bridget’s legacy by recognizing the outstanding work of graduating Nursing students who have overcome hardships to earn their BSN degree from George Mason University (Falls Church, Virginia), and cash awards and recognition of clinical staff of Samaritan Healthcare and Hospice, in New Jersey.
 
Private funding is also used to award financial educational stipends and career advice to children of families impacted by ovarian cancer, and to provide grief and bereavement counseling services to individuals and families impacted by the loss of a loved one to ovarian cancer.
 

It is our intent to avoid duplication of services provided by qualified nonprofit ovarian cancer organizations. Instead, we will coordinate with those organizations under a cooperative agreement, to facilitate victims and their families with access to those services.

Bridget Made Her Life Make a Difference

Learn More About Bridget Nesko

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For more information about the Foundation’s publicly supported programs and other initiatives, click on the following:

The Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Education Center

The Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Hotline

The Bridget Nesko Ovarian Cancer Hospice Support Program

For information about the Foundation and its Board of Trustees, Click Here.

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See a sample of what we have accomplished during our first 18 months of operation by clicking here.

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See a copy of our Foundation’s 2023 Form 990 Tax Statement, filed with the Internal Revenue Service by clicking here.

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If you would like to become a Member of the Foundation, volunteer, share YOUR story, or financially support our efforts, please click on those words above.