Pat Shotwell’s Faith Over Fear Fund-Finishing His Fight

In an effort to uphold the goal of the Pat Shotwell’s Faith Over Fear Fund- Finishing His Fight, the Shotwell Family is holding a Beach Theme Raffle, total prize value over $550, on Saturday April 30^th, in conjunction with the PanCAN PurpleStride Northeastern 2022, the walk to end Pancreatic Cancer.   All sponsors will be acknowledged in the advertising and on social media outlets.  Your generosity is greatly needed and appreciated.  Please contact Ryanne Ziobro at 570.237.6123, or email at [email protected] with any questions. You can mail sponsorship to 275 Gedding St. Avoca, PA 18641. Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Our father, Patrick Shotwell Sr., was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer in October 2017. Patrick was a devoted husband to his wife Debbie, loving father to his three children, and adoring Papa to six grandsons. Unfortunately, like too many others diagnosed with this horrific disease, the patriarch of our family earned his angel wings in February of 2019, fighting for 17 well fought months. Patrick was a self-employed businessman in Duryea, known for his kind nature, willingness to help anyone in need, honesty and integrity, and strength and courageousness. A promise we made to our father before he passed away is that we would continue his fight. We would support and create fundraising initiatives in hopes that other families would not have to suffer the pain and loss that we did. To honor him and continue his legacy of selfless giving we have created the Pat Shotwell’s Faith Over Fear Fund-Finishing His Fight through the help of the Luzerne Foundation. Pancreatic cancer is the 3^rd leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States surpassing breast cancer. It is expected to become the 2^nd leading cause of cancer-related death in the US by the year 2020, surpassing colorectal cancer. Pennsylvania is the 5th leading state in deaths as a result of pancreatic cancer following CA, FL, TX, and NY.