Program Report by: Teri Muse
Here to Serve
January 8, 2016

Here to Serve was founded by Katie and Silvio Quintas with the purpose of “Lifting burdens of friends, neighbors and loved ones in a medical crisis” after they themselves experienced Silvio and their son Bryan both being diagnosed with cancer within 6 months of each other. They took all the struggles they endured and turned them into an organization that they could have used themselves when they experienced their health crisis. As Katie said, “Here to Serve provides all the support that families pray they could have but don’t know how to get it.”

Here to Serve will take all the families non-medical needs such as housekeeping, meal preparation, communicating medical updates and referrals to support services and create something similar to the central “nerve center” for them setting up a website that will coordinate it all. Here to Serve has a database of over 3,000 non-profit organizations to help families in a medical crisis. These services are all provided at no cost to the family and really help the middle class families who don’t qualify for any government assistance.

Katie lost her husband Silvio a little over a year ago, but her son Bryan is doing great and very active in Here to Serve. This organization is an all-volunteer organization that is hoping to move to paid staff for continuity since volunteers come and go. Here to Serve and the families they help have been spotlighted on many television news programs. Katie is hoping that this year all the exposure will help them raise enough money to be self-sustaining. For more information about Here to Serve go to www.HeretoServe.org or call (626) 600-2776.