About the
Me-One Foundation
We launched The Me-One Foundation in 2007 with a single purpose: To give adult cancer patients and their loved ones a relaxing, enjoyable, three-day family retreat from cancer.
This carefree and cost-free retreat, Camp Wieser, gives families the gift of time for quiet reflection, pampering, and fun, a needed vacation from the whirlwind of doctor appointments and paperwork and treatments.
The Me-One Foundation
We are a non-profit corporation dedicated to a singular mission: providing emotional support, courage, hope, laughter and joy through our Camp Wieser weekend retreats.
Our work is 100% run by volunteers. We have a board of directors which receives advice and guidance from oncology professionals.
Our mission is supported by a host of organizations and individuals who understand that people fighting cancer deserve a time-out to focus on family and fun, rather than illness.
The Camp Wieser Family Retreat
Each summer, Camp Wieser brings together adults who have cancer, along with up to five of their close family members and supporters, for a very special weekend retreat. They enjoy three days of nurturing, rejuvenation, inspiration, and countless moments of joy and laughter.
The retreat takes place in a rustic-chic, camp-like setting, with comfortable room accommodations which provide the privacy needed by adult cancer patients, but which also offer many opportunities for inclusion in various enjoyable activities and adventures.
Get Involved
Anyone can get involved in a variety of ways. It takes an army of loving, caring people to make camp happen for these deserving families.
Volunteer
Create unforgettable experiencesOncology Centers
Refer eligible patientsBusinesses
Become a sponsor of our annual fundraiserSchools
Discover how you can contributeSocial Organizations
Unite for a meaningful causeDonate
Help send a family to camp
The activities of the Me-One Foundation are supported entirely by financial and in-kind donations from individuals and sponsors. If you are inspired to support our work financially, please visit our Donate page. Pick a method of support that works for you. We are drawing up big plans for our future! If you have any questions, first check out our Frequently Asked Questions page or Contact Us directly. We would love to hear from you.
The Me-One Foundation History
When Me-One founder Heidi Wieser returned to Roseville, California after attending a remarkable retreat for adult cancer patients and family members in Southern California, she wondered why so few ports of peace for family respite were available. She and her husband Tom Wieser (a cancer patient at the time) made a commitment to establishing a retreat in Northern California, free to the patient and for up to five of their close family and supporters. And they did just that, under the name Camp Challenge. Heidi lost Tom to cancer, but her work with the Me-One Foundation continues.
Today Camp Wieser is one of only a handful of retreats of its kind in the world. Countless numbers of retreats serve very well the needs of youngsters with cancer, but only a few host adult patients and their families at no cost to the family.
Our Founder, Heidi M. Wieser RN, in Her Own Words
On July 26, 1979, my father passed away at age 43 after battling cancer for just three months. I was 15. Years later, I watched as my godmother deteriorated during a three-year battle with lung and brain cancer. On February 9, 2004, my high school sweetheart and husband, Tom, was diagnosed with stage II rectal cancer at age of 40. At the time, our children were 6, 8, 10 and 12 years old. On March 4, 2005, my husband, whom I had known for more than half my life, was told his disease had progressed to his lungs.
Through all of these trials I have learned an extremely valuable lesson. Cancer is not a disease that attacks a single patient. Cancer is a radiant disease. It attacks the one afflicted as well as his or her family and friends. It attacks without regard to race, age or family history. And, making it more terrifying, is the understanding that cancer is random and it never rests. The therapies and treatments cancer patients endure are sometimes more painful than the disease. Surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy not only attack the patient’s body, but also their will to face continued treatment. Patients turn toward any ray of relief offered. Unfortunately, there are far too few ports of peace to meet the demands of the growing numbers of those afflicted with cancer.
I am well versed in the pain cancer can bring. I watched my father pass in a matter of months. I made it my life goal to fight against this predator by becoming an oncology nurse’ a position I have held for the past 25 years. I have held the hands of countless patients who were confused as to why this was their fate. I have shared final thoughts with those who were called from this earth in a worried and scared state. In 2013, I lost my husband to cancer after a nine-year battle. In the course of these experiences, I came to the conclusion that my role is to lessen the pain that cancer brings to patients and families. I vowed to create a space that would serve as a port of peace for those who were battling cancer. That solemn vow, made in 2006, was the origin of what is now Camp Wieser.
Leadership Team
Heidi Wieser
Founder
Christine Gearing
President
Erica Pope
Executive Director
John Burke
Camp Director
Kat Maudru
VP & Public Affairs Director
Janice Hong
Recording Secretary
Melissa Brown
Program Assistant
Josh Fronk
DO Advisory Board
Steve Siegel
Advisory Board
Claudia Siegel
Advisory Board
Emily Murphy
Advisory Board
Christian Mercado
Advisory Board
Nicole Zamora
Advisory Board
Important Dates
March With Me-One:
March 1 - March 31
Big Day of Giving:
May 1, 2025*
Volunteer Applications Available Online:
Spring 2025*
Camper Applications Available Online:
July 2025*
Camp Wieser:
September 12-14, 2025*
Memory Makers Annual Fundraiser:
December 4, 2025*
*Changes Annually
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