The work of the Nick Wilson Charitable Group began in 2005, and it is carried out in loving memory of Nick Wilson, who died of complications from cancer treatment when he was just three years old.  Nick was a spirited and compassionate little boy who was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia at the age of 18 months in May of 1999.  

He endured hundreds of days in the hospital undergoing high dose chemotherapy, radiation treatment, bone marrow biopsies, bone marrow transplantations, and multiple medical procedures. Nevertheless, Nick seized every opportunity to play, laugh, and provide a steadfast example of a tenacious zest for life.  Nick died in April of 2001 despite modern medicine’s best effort to cure his disease.

It is in loving memory of Nick’s incredible spirit that his family and friends endeavor to keep his spirit and compassion alive by helping other children and families finding themselves in similar circumstances.

Nick Wilson riding the big yellow trike on the Pediatric Oncology

Inpatient Unit at Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, OR, 2001.