It is with great sadness that we as friends and family of our dear brother Gino Pietro write to inform you about his recent life-threatening diagnosis of metastatic colon cancer.

Gino has been a fighter and a trooper-and even against all the odds- he keeps his head high, endeavors to go to work and exercise (when his body cooperates) -and lives each day to the fullest.

His battle against this ugly disease includes receiving biweekly treatments with chemotherapy, IV infusions, and soon, radiation therapy.

The medical costs of insurance and treatment are rapidly escalating and soon will become unaffordable.

We are therefore launching a GoFundme to raise $75,000 to help cover his treatments over the next year or so.

We implore you to dig deep and donate generously to help Gino win this battle and get back to living the life that he so enjoys as well as help on those people his services impact daily. He has a big heart, and so do you.