Supplying the Fleet. Navigating the Storm.
The Quartermaster Foundation provides immediate financial relief to adult cancer patients facing the hidden costs of treatment that insurance doesn't cover. Because fighting cancer is hard enough without worrying about the bills.
Why Q Built This Bridge
A Life of Logistics and Service
For Q, building bridges has never been a metaphor — it's been a life's work. With Habitat for Humanity, he swung the hammer and saw firsthand that a roof over someone's head is the foundation for everything else. At the Private Industry Council, he worked the front lines of welfare-to-work programs, learning that most people don't need a handout — they need a bridge to their next opportunity. As a member of the Krewe of Rumrunners, he raised funds for the families of fallen officers, because when a hero falls, the crew must step up to protect their own.
He has always found his greatest purpose in the engine room of service: handling the logistics that get people from where they are to where they need to be.
The Storm Arrives
On September 29th, 2025, Q went to the hospital with what he thought was severe abdominal pain. By October 2nd, a colonoscopy revealed a large partial blockage. On October 3rd, he went into surgery. He woke up with an ileostomy, a Stage 4 diagnosis of Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma (SRCC), and a completely different future. In less than 100 hours, he had been drafted into the hardest fight of his life.
As the initial shock cleared and he began navigating life with Stage 4 SRCC, he looked around the infusion centers and hospital wards. He didn't see victims — he saw a crew being battered by a storm they weren't prepared for. He saw people struggling with the "Shadow Budget": the hidden costs that insurance doesn't touch. While the doctors were focused on surgeries and scans, he was thinking about the mother in the next room who didn't know how she'd pay for the gas to get back for her follow-up. He recognized the same gaps in the system that he had spent his life filling.
The Foundation Begins
He realized that the surgery on October 3rd didn't take him out of the game — it gave him a new seat at the table. Emerging from treatment in February 2026, he founded the Quartermaster Foundation so that no one in this fight has to sink because they couldn't afford the logistics of staying alive.
His story didn't end on the operating table. That's just where the Foundation began.
"I have spent my life building bridges, and with your help, this one will stand forever."
— QWhat We Do
Financial Relief
Direct financial assistance for the costs insurance leaves behind — transportation, medications, utilities, and more.
Navigating Treatment
Helping patients and families navigate the overwhelming financial landscape of a cancer diagnosis without losing their footing.
Community Support
Building a community of supporters who believe no one should fight cancer and financial ruin at the same time.
Make a Difference
Every contribution helps a cancer patient focus on healing instead of bills.