Jason Wilhelm was a professional drummer pursuing a degree in music business when, in May 2003 at the age of 20, he was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer.
​The disease outlasted five years of aggressive treatments and surgeries that gradually weakened his body beyond the ability to recover.
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Despite losing his college education, the strength to drum, his health, and ultimately his life to cancer in May 2008, Jason accepted the hard truths of his life without allowing them to harden his heart.​
The Jason Christopher Wilhelm Scholarship Fund was established in honor of his amazing courage and character.
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JayCW Goes On
​Wherever We Are

Saturday
​May 23, 2020

As these days pass by what would have been our annual fundraising weekend and celebration, we instead share in disappointment and sadness.
We will mourn...
This void has removed a connection between us and the flow of hope from our memories of Jay through continued action to forward our mission.
At the same time, corporations of all kinds use charity imagery, hope-speak, and virtual events as tools of self-preservation that saturate our few connections to a greater audience.
It's okay to acknowledge genuine grief and helplessness.
We will carry on...
The Fund is financially secure and will endure without our annual fundraisers or a plea for money during these most uncertain times.
That being said, to see our online donations continue even now is amazing and we thank all who are able to give for affirming our belief that these relationships are worth preserving.
We will see you...
Please, please enjoy and truly appreciate the time you would have reserved for JayCW. Who can really imagine what Jay would be planning now, but it might include the words flagrant, blatant, and excessive. It would absolutely involve his closest and most distant family and friends by any means... reconnecting, sharing stories, laughter, and love to all.
Apparently, God Needed A Drummer [Soft Cover Book]
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The Jason Christopher Wilhelm ​Scholarship Fund
​is committed to:

  • The pursuit of college education by high school students who demonstrate academic discipline and are a positive example to their peers while participating in a team sport or musical group throughout high school.
  • The immediate financial need of cancer patients, in an effort to reduce the stress placed on the individual and family during the course of treatment.
  • Increased awareness and research, to ultimately eliminate the devastating threat of cancer to cut short another life full of potential.