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WHAT IS THE LC FOUNDATION? 2
By Susan Dardes, Esq.
ONCE AGAIN, I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT AND TALK, AND GET TO KNOW ONE OF OUR BUCKS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, LARRY SCHEETZ, JR., THIS PAST WEEK. Our chat revolved around his parents, his extended family, and their charitable foundation, The LC2 Foundation, which was founded in 2018. I think it is safe to say that the Foundation is nearest and dearest to Larry’s heart, after his wife, Kathleen, and his 8-year-old twins. Let’s start with the name of the Foundation: “LC2.” Where did that originate? Turns out that “L” stands for Larry’s late father, Larry, Sr., and “C” stands for his late mother, Cathy.
The Scheetz Family before Cathy’s death in 2018.
WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW, OR COULDN’T KNOW, WAS HOW VERY MEANINGFUL THE FOUNDATION IS TO LARRY, HIS OLDER SIBLINGS, AND THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN, WHO RUN THE FOUNDATION.
The number “2” represents the other “L” and “C”— Lung Cancer. Both Larry, Sr. and Cathy died from lung cancer, after having the disease metastasize to the skin and brain, in Larry’s case, and bone cancer, in Cathy’s. Both of them died young, Larry at 64 years of age and Cathy at 71.
What I didn’t know, or couldn’t know, was how very meaningful the Foundation is to Larry and his three older siblings, Mary Catherine, Colleen and Anne. They are the children of Larry and Cathy Scheetz, and their collective seven grandchildren run the Foundation.
I had known peripherally about the family foundation; in fact, they held a very successful run/walk at Lake Galena last year. The Take a Bite Out of Cancer 5k and 1-mile fun run/walk has now become an annual tradition each September. In addition, the Foundation hosts a silent auction at Newtown’s Green Parrot restaurant to raise funds for Bucks County families whose lives have been upended by cancer.
Larry’s dad, Larry Scheetz, Sr., grew up in Somerton and attended Penn State University and participated in the ROTC program. Larry then married a nursing student, Cathy, in the 1960s, after which Larry, Sr. enlisted in the Army as a First Lieutenant in Vietnam. Larry was a highly
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