The mission of the Jason Motte Foundation is to provide comfort and care where there is a need for those affected, either directly or indirectly, by cancers of all kinds.
The seed for the Jason Motte Foundation was planted in the fall of 2010 when Jason and Caitlin Motte asked, “what can we do to help?” At the time, Caitlin’s grandfather, Lynn Doyle, was a cancer patient at The West Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee. Jason and Caitlin saw a sign that mentioned a need for blankets and wondered what more they could do to help. That question led to the formation of the Strike Out Cancer with Jason Motte Foundation and several projects including the annual Strike Out Cancer with Jason Motte.
Money raised through the Jason Motte Foundation is used for funding cancer research, programs and projects.
The Jason Motte Foundation works with SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado, Hope Lodge, Mercy Cancer Center, Painting the Town Gold, Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, Siteman Cancer Center, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Target House and West Cancer Center.
Most notably, the Jason Motte Foundation has a presence in clubhouses across Major League Baseball with their signature “KCancer” t-shirts. To date, those apparel items have raised over $200,000 for various MLB player’s charities.
1. Pediatric Inpatient Oncology Treatment Room: The Jason Motte Foundation is currently funding the upgrade/remodeling of the inpatient Oncology Treatment Room at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Hospital. Procedures, such as bone marrow biopsy/aspirations, lumbar puncture, etc are performed in this space keeping the patient's room a "safe haven," and not associating their inpatient room with pain caused from procedures. The upgrades/remodeling will create an atmosphere to help reduce anxiety about procedures, provide distraction techniques and allow parents to remain with their child, if they so choose.
2. Lung Cancer Screening Program: The West Cancer Center launched a community lung cancer screening program underwritten by the Jason Motte Foundation. Patients in the program are provided low dose CAT scans, which are aimed at decreasing deaths from lung cancer by detecting it at an earlier state.
3. Cancer Research projects with facilities such as St. Jude, West Cancer Center.