09/15/2026
HAPPY 15th YEAR ANNIVERSARY/BIRTHDAY TO WUNDERGLO!💙🥂
The Gloria Borges Wunderglo Foundation celebrates our 15th Anniversary/Birthday TODAY on September 15, 2026!
Through cancer, our founding hero, Gloria Borges chose to fight not only her own illness, but also the cancer of her peers present and future. She wanted to beat it for everyone. And what she chose to build, she built because of--and with--all of you. Her expressions of strength and of optimism resonated with all of us then, and resonate with us still.
On September 19, 2010, then 28-year old Gloria Borges was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer with long odds of survival. Instead of giving up, she fought back, taking an aggressive treatment path that included 62 rounds of chemo, radiation, and three major surgeries. In addition, she transformed her diet, fitness regimen, and every other part of her life to aid her in her mission to beat cancer. Gloria defied all of the odds in the face of a very aggressive disease.
When she first began her battle with cancer, Gloria started a blog called WunderGlo (www.Wunderglo.com) that chronicled her “cancer-killing adventures” and her attitude about treatment and living life to the fullest. The blog went viral. To date, over 100,000 people have visited her site in over 135-different countries. Patients and caregivers from all over the country would email her daily asking for advice and encouragement and Gloria had helped and counseled thousands of patients and their families. Our Foundation proudly continues this personal one-on-one patient support.
In hopes of making an even bigger impact on patients and their loved ones, Gloria launched The WunderGlo Foundation in September of 2011 and co-founded The Wunder Project with Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz of USC-Norris Comprehensive Center in 2013. Sadly, in early January 2014, Gloria suddenly and unexpectedly passed away due to complications from a blood clot disorder. Before she left this earth, Gloria clearly identified all of her instructions for the Foundation with the directives and plans to achieve the all-important goals that she so brilliantly set forth and handed the charge of this forging organization to her mother, Becky Keller and to ALL OF US. http://wunderglofoundation.org/
💙💙Founded on September 15, 2011, WunderGlo forges on as we continue building and sharing that legacy.💙💙
The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation is proud to have gifted over $1.9-Million Dollars in funds that go directly to research for the CURE. We are so very proud to be over "One-Million Strong" as we help to lead the charge in major grant funding for the cure of colorectal cancer. We are also very proud of The Children of WunderGlo” Programs that support the children of cancer patients. Since 2016, through our Holiday Toy Collection Drive WunderGlo has distributed presents to the children of (all) cancer patients throughout the country (also reaching Malaysia). In 2017, WunderGlo established programming that awards Scholarships, annually, to graduating High School Students who have lost a parent to colon cancer and are pursuing their secondary education.The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation has awarded Scholarships to 51-young men & women across the country, to date, - in support of their worthy and promising futures.
* The Los Angeles Business Journal named Gloria and The WunderGlo Foundation: The Philanthropist of The Year in 2015.
* In October 2021, Southwest Airlines named The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation as one of 52 non-profit organizations (top 2%) in the country to be recognized and acknowledged for spreading kindness in our community, during their 50th Year Anniversary "One Million Acts of Kindness - One Million Acts of Thanks" campaign. Southwest Airlines was impressed with how our team puts our hearts into action for our cancer community.
* In 2015, The WunderGlo Foundation dedicated the G.I. Oncology Lab of Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz for the Cure of Colorectal Cancer at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
* The WunderGlo Foundation has given over $1.9-MILLION DOLLARS in funding research for the cure of colorectal cancer, detailed in The Wunder Project. https://wunderglofoundation.org/the.../about-the-foundation/
* The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation Reiki & Guided Meditation Program supports cancer patients/caregivers/survivors and their families across the country through our Zoom Format.
* Our on-Line Facebook Support Group-"WunderGlo Chat for Colon Cancer”- is privately offered to CRC patients/caregivers/survivors.
* As “Patient Navigators”, WunderGlo assists and accompanies cancer patients for their primary and second opinions with Keck of USC affiliate oncologists and surgeon’s consultations.
* Grants directed to Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz at USC-Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and to Dr. Christina Curtis at Stanford University Medical School. The Stanford grant targets urgent work/understanding the mechanisms of colorectal cancer progression.
* THE WUNDER PROJECT RESEARCH -WunderGlo Foundation Funded Research, has been credited since 2015, has been published in 75-peer reviewed research papers, including New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Annals of Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research and Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. https://wunderglofoundation.org/.../funded-published.../
* In 2016, through Wunder Project funding, new biomarker patents were filed at USC- Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
* The Children of WunderGlo” Programs support children of cancer patients. Since 2016, through our Holiday Toy Collection Drive WunderGlo has distributed presents to the children of (all) cancer patients throughout the country (also reaching Malaysia). https://wunderglofoundation.org/gifts-to-the-children-of.../
* In 2017, WunderGlo established programming that awards three (3) Scholarships, annually, to graduating High School Students across the country who have lost a parent to colon cancer and are pursuing their secondary education. However, since 2019, The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation has awarded Scholarships to six (6) students in each of these years and gave scholarships to seven (7) students in 2021. We have awarded Scholarships to 51-young men & women across the country, to date - in support of their very worthy and promising futures.
* In light of Covid-19, The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Foundation shipped "Love Life" face masks and hand sanitizers (FREE) to the children of cancer patients and families across the United States during the pandemic, both in 2020 and in 2021.
We hope that you'll be as moved as we are and that you'll celebrate The Wunderglo Foundation's Thirteenth-Year Anniversary with us in Wunder-style. 🙂
- If you are so inclined to buy Wundy a Birthday Present and join in our audacious mission to help end colorectal cancer, we thank you❤️! https://wunderglofoundation.org/way.../wunderglo-foundation/
Happy 15th BIRTHDAY to ALL OF US! 💙🥂🌈💫
