Today, we are honored to celebrate our beloved son, Jeffrey Modell, on his birthday. As we look back, it was Jeffrey who created the passion for our work. His determination and courage were inspiring! Jeffrey never knew how he would change our lives, and the lives of so many thousands of children he would never meet, forever.
We created the Jeffrey Modell Foundation in celebration of Jeffrey’s life, and to give life. To all of the sons and daughters living with PI worldwide, know that our work is motivated by the opportunity to support you, advocate for you, and strive to find future cures for you.
Jeffrey taught us that to succeed in life you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone. The wishbone is for the ideals, the goals, and the dreams; the backbone is for the fortitude and the courage to pursue them, and the funny bone is for the laughter and tears that are necessary for the little bumps along the road.
We encourage you to watch our documentary, Do Something: The Jeffrey Modell Story, to learn more about how Jeffrey inspired us to Do Something and get involved. It is thanks to you, our global PI village, that we are creating a brighter future for children living with PI so that stories like Jeffrey’s become rare.