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John Gabriel Colon Cancer

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You have helped John Gabriel build his small business as his food truck family and he could use a hand again now in rebuilding his health from Stage 3 Colon Cancer.

If you know John Gabriel personally or through his renowned Sliders and Fries, you know John's reputation in the community of Knoxville over the years speaks for itself! 
John is known for being very generous to a fault giving tirelessly with kindness, time, and efforts in general and to beliefs and passions close to him.  Feeling led to stay informed and work with animal rescue; community boards, government regulations that preserve foundational histories; and more recently his culinary love transformed into his 6-year food truck and catering business, Forks on the Road.

Being a struggling small business owner building his reputation over the past half dozen years, John's health care has had to be under self-pay status.  Through several months of stomach pain dating back to spring, diagnoses that led to false results and pain that continued in severity, John has now been found to have Stage 2 Colon Cancer.  He will be having emergency surgery and at least two rounds of chemo if the cancer has not spread. John was able to apply for health care for 2021 but the healthcare providers and professionals have shared that John will incur tens of thousands out of pocket with this type of illness.  John is a very humble and private individual, not one to share or ask for assistance. 
I am doing this on my own.  If your family situation allows and you feel led to help in any small way, I have set up a separate account for accountability and medical funding tracking that is tied to this Go Fund Me account as all monies received will only be used for John's colon cancer medical bills. 
*More than monetary, your thoughts and prayers lifted is Powerful and appreciated.

I will continue to provide updates on this page as well as his Facebook Forks on the Road account.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions, Christy.  If you feel inclined, please feel free to share this link: gofundme.com/f/john-gabriel-colon-cancer 


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Donations 

  • Noah Root
    • $20 
    • 11 mos
  • Brian Oosdyke
    • $100 
    • 1 yr
  • Anonymous
    • $500 
    • 3 yrs
  • Sarah Combs
    • $50 
    • 3 yrs
  • Minerva Gabriel
    • $250 
    • 3 yrs
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Christy Gentry
Organizer
Knoxville, TN

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