Click below to hear our Public Affairs program featuring Patti Brooks with the LRCF:
The Lemuel Rhodes Cancer Foundation is a community effort to support our neighbors who are battling cancer. Lemuel Rhodes, a long time Bond County resident, lost his brother to cancer and his own life to the disease in 2002. In his will, Lem provided from proceeds from part of his trust to be used to help Bond County residents, suffering from cancer, and to offer resources as they sought treatment.
Through a confidential application process, individuals may apply for assistance to help with items, medical bills, not covered by insurance, assistance with lodging and travel and treatment, specially fitted garments, and other necessary items.
It takes many many volunteers through out the year, here are some pictures from this years events and fundraisers.
Each year WGEL Radio hosts a celebrity pie auction and the community always rallies to raise money for the LRCF, either as bakers or bidders. This year was no different, full details are below from this year’s pie auction.
WGEL’s annual Great Celebrity Pie Auction is in the books for 2025, as is the Lemuel Rhodes Cancer Foundation’s Night to Celebrate and Remember. We’ll share more information from that event soon, but we wanted to take a moment to recognize everyone involved – in any way – with WGEL’s pie auction this year.
Thanks to the generosity of our community, we raised $20,235, to benefit the LRCF!
We’d like to thank this year’s pie bakers:
Tuesday
Bond County Coroner Tony Brooks and Clerk & Recorder Meg Sybert; MGES Principal Rick Allen and MGJH/MGHS Principal Samantha Rydgig; Justin Jefferson and Kylie Doll from the Bond County Fair; 1st Christian Church Pastor Tyson Grabera and Tim Watson & Delmar Mills from Hecht Chevrolet; and Bond County Health Dept. Administrator Sean Eifert and Patti Brooks with the LRCF.
Wednesday
Bond County Treasurer Colleen Camp and WGEL Farm Reporter Joe Doll; Pocahontas School Principal Andrew Beckham and Unit 2 Athletic Director Chad Nelson; the folks from The FNB Community Bank; Greenville Mayor & Greenville University Basketball Coach George Barber; and Bill Walker, Jess Adam & Elaine McNamara, representing the Greenville Chamber, the City of Greenville, and the Bond County CEO Program.
Thursday
State Representative Charlie Meier; Comets Basketball Coach Todd Cantrill and Football Coach Todd Hutchinson; GHS Principal Kara Harris and Unit 2 Superintendent Wes Olson; HSHS Holy Family Hospital Chief Administrative Officer Teresa Cornelius; and Brady Huber, Emily Unterbrink & Joy Prater from Bradford National Bank.
How to Get Help:
https://www.lemuelrhodes.org/assistance.html
How to Volunteer/Donate:
