 Bobbye and Jerry were high school sweethearts from McLeansboro, Illinois and were married 41 years. They have three grown children, Kathy, Brian, and Holly. They also have eight grandchildren. The Sloan's made their homes in Salt Lake City, Utah and their hometown of McLeansboro. In Jerry's 16th season as head coach of the NBA's Utah Jazz, Bobbye was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She had been a six year survivor of breast cancer, but this new, more deadly cancer, took her life on June 18, 2004. The Sloan family, as well as Bobbye's sister Jody, organized the "Hand-in-Hand" Foundation to continue the generous love and support Bobbye and Jerry have for their community. TO VIEW THE MINUTES OF THE HAND-IN-HAND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FROM 2005, CLICK HERE
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 Since the foundation's inception in 2005, we have raised over $400,000 most of which will go back into the community. WHO WE HAVE SUPPORTED: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Hamilton County High School Scholarships Evansville, Indiana Women's Health Symposium Vanderburgh County Humane Society Wabash Valley Christian Retirement Center (Carmi, IL) McLeansboro Fire Department Special Olympics, Southeastern Illinois Wasatch Humane Society (Utah) Hamilton County Illinois, FFA Humane Society of Utah Utah Wildlife Rehabilitation McLeansboro Youth Center (mini golf project) Hamilton County Nursing Scholarship Habitat for Humanity-Evansville, Indiana Hamilton County Hospital Girl Scouts-Raintree Council-Evansville, Indiana Franklin County Animal Shelter-Benton, Illinois $100,000 to build a state of the art park for McLeansboro |
