A question came up Monday on WOMT’s Open Mic program, with the caller asking, “Who exactly was benefiting from Gumby’s Club Fore A Cure?”
That query by a female caller to the show set off a landslide of text messages, emails, and calls in support for Rob and Denise Roseff, co-founders of the nonprofit organization that generously sends out checks to cancer victims and their families.
As a follow-up to the woman’s concern, Seehafer News reached out to the Roseff’s and asked them about how people can contact Gumby’s Club to apply for assistance.
Denise explained people can go to their website www.gumbysclubforeacure.org.
“Right on our homepage is a button for the application,” she noted. “People can print that off and fill it out, submitting it either by email or mail it back to us.”
Once they receive the application, they’ll review it at their committee meeting to make sure the information is legitimate.
Denise said they try to help as many people as they can, and “So far this year we have helped 48 families with over $84,000.”
Rob and Denise Roseff
Since its inception 13 years ago, Gumby’s Club Fore A Cure has helped a total of 577 recipients to the tune of over $592,000.
Denise invited the woman caller to go to their website and check out their Facebook page testimonials from people who’ve received checks from Gumby’s.
Denise said, “We are very transparent, are registered with the state of Wisconsin as a 501c3 and we file taxes every year.”
Rob told us why they don’t broadcast the identity of the recipients.
“We don’t want to get into the HIPAA law and everything else that’s out there,” he explained. “You know if our recipients want to step forward and say, yes, I received money from Gumby’s that’s wonderful and we love that. But, we certainly state in the letter that nobody knows except our committee who we donate to.”
He says “The cancer journey is very private and not a lot of people want to tell it to the world.”
Denise also said “If the woman is concerned about their legitimacy, many of the committee members, almost 50 people right now along with another 140 volunteers, are past recipients. So, they are coming back and helping at their events which is another testament to what they’re doing in the community.”
