The Kel­lie Dug­gan Foun­da­tion was founded in Jan­u­ary of 2010, to honor the mem­ory of Kel­lie Dug­gan who lost her brave fight with Ewing Sar­coma on Jan­u­ary 3, 2010.

Con­tin­u­ing to be the change:

The Kel­lie Dug­gan Foun­da­tion is con­tin­u­ing to do Kellie’s work around nur­tur­ing youth, con­duct­ing out­reach to the vul­ner­a­ble, com­fort­ing the sick and their fam­i­lies, con­tin­u­ing Kellie’s legacy at Siena Col­lege, and sup­port­ing the Hait­ian people.

About Kel­lie:

Kel­lie Mary Dug­gan was born on Octo­ber 13, 1988, in Brook­lyn, New York, and moved in 1994 to Guil­ford, Con­necti­cut.  Kel­lie was a grad­u­ate of Guil­ford High School where she played field hockey and was the edi­tor of the year­book.  For two years in high school, Kel­lie received both a year­book award and a coaches’ award for field hockey.  She was also awarded a Rotary col­lege schol­ar­ship and the Ted DeLauro Schol­ar­ship.  When she died, Kel­lie was a senior at Siena Col­lege in Albany, NY, where she was a social work major and mem­ber of the women’s rugby team.  Kel­lie was an active parish­ioner and peer min­is­ter at St. George Church in Guil­ford and went on sev­eral mis­sion trips to Haiti.  She loved the water and spent sev­eral years as a life­guard and swim instruc­tor.  She was the assis­tant water­front direc­tor for the Guil­ford Recre­ation Depart­ment and now has a dock named for her at Lake Quon­ni­paug.  

Kel­lie died at age 21 on Jan­u­ary 3, 2010, at her home in Guil­ford, los­ing her 10-month bat­tle with Ewing Sar­coma, a rare and aggres­sive bone cancer.

Please Join Us In Con­tin­u­ing To Be The Change… 

The Kel­lie Dug­gan Foun­da­tion is an offi­cial U.S. Non-Profit Orga­ni­za­tion 501©(3).
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