CHARLOTTE TAFT Administrative Assistant


For over thirty years I had the best job on the planet. Teaching predominately at-risk children was both challenging and rewarding. Then it happened. Just like everyone remembers what they were doing on September 11, I remember I had just left the theater when my phone whistled and I got the message. Kelly was on his way to UC Davis for Maleree. What??? The next several months were a roller-coaster of emotions. Not cancer!! Not the renegade cells that took my husband’s life a few years earlier!! NO!!! Then I watched Kelly being supported by hundreds of people. It was an amazing thing to see and it all gave way to the foundation. Now that I've retired I can devote more time to the things that are really important in life; following Jesus, our two boys Jonathan and Michael, our grandson Colton John and the Foundation.

This is for you John