“I want to help people in the county no matter where people were getting treatment,” Becky said.

With help from her friends and the Marquette University’s nonprofit law clinic, she created the foundation.

For Christmas 2015, she gave the foundation to Steve. Though he thought it was something else, he was happy to see his wife create the nonprofit.

“I know he thought it was a fishing trip,” Becky said. “It was a complete surprise and now he is 100 percent on board.”

Almost off the ground

The majority of paperwork for the foundation is complete, but there are still a few administrative tasks left.

The foundation is working with Marquette to ensure its application does not violate HIPAA laws. Once completed, applicants can apply to receive support from the foundation. While the application is being finished, the foundation will continue to raise money and bring awareness to it.

“We’re still working on the boring stuff,” Becky said. “We really want to get into the community and want to raise a little bit of money for when we get started.”

Becky said her plan for the next fiscal year is to help five families, with a cap of $1,000 per family.

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