Before I began at Morris Marketing Group, I knew very little about pancreatic cancer even though my grandmother had passed away from it in 2012. She was taken from our family so quickly that we didn’t have much of a chance to get too far into understanding the very disease that was making her so sick. After her death I saw pancreatic cancer as being just a scary disease that took a loved one away from my family too soon. That was until it came back into my life when I started working with the Kosten Foundation.

The Kosten Foundation is an organization that devotes itself to raising funds and awareness for pancreatic cancer. They work closely with researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and they also run an important support group for people affected by pancreatic cancer. The support group meets on the second Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Cordova Public Library. They always extend an open invitation to anyone interested in attending.

I began attending the support group meetings to get a better feel for the Kosten Foundation. With every person I met, I felt more and more connected to the Kosten Foundation. I worked closely on their social media outreach efforts on Facebook and Twitter, and with every post I helped create I had these people in mind. I wanted to help the people struggling with pancreatic cancer, to aid the family members struggling to be strong and supportive of their loved ones, and to educate the public about the severity of this disease.

I say all of this to point out that while this is somewhat of a special circumstance, I think we could all learn to take a moment and reflect on how those we work with, the projects we work on, and the actions we take can affect others. After working with and getting to know the Kosten Foundation and all of the wonderful work they do I’m proud to be associated with this hardworking, passionate, supportive group of individuals doing what they can do to help those in need. I like to think my grandmother would be proud.

– Casey Montgomery
Morris Marketing Group
Marketing Communications Specialist