About us

Trish Rasicci was a warm and active neighbor and community member in Green, Ohio. In the summer of 1997, she was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, and passed away on February 22, 1998 — just a handful of months after her diagnosis. At the time, Andy was 8, Veronica was 5, and Valerie was just 3 years old. When word spread of her illness, the community showed up in full force. Fundraisers were held, meals were cooked, and the outpouring of love was overwhelming. After her passing, her husband Pat honored her memory by establishing The Rasicci Scholarship at Green High School — a scholarship that remained in effect until 2012, when it was last awarded to their youngest daughter, Valerie.

Pat Rasicci was a quiet man, but his love for his children was anything but. A dedicated gym-goer, an avid sports fan, and a fixture in the bleachers cheering on his son Andy as a baseball coach — he showed up for his family in all the ways that mattered most.

In the spring of 2025, Veronica and her siblings set out to create a foundation in their mother’s honor and to re-establish the scholarship that had once supported their family and community.

Shortly after the foundation launched that summer, Pat was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. He passed away on January 2, 2026. Once again, the community of Green, Ohio wrapped their arms around the family — a reminder of the deep roots their parents had planted there over a lifetime. In the wake of losing their father, Andy, Veronica, and Valerie chose to expand the foundation’s name to honor both of their parents’ legacies.

Today, the Pat & Trish Rasicci Legacy Foundation exists to carry their memory forward through two core commitments: re-establishing The Rasicci Scholarship at Green High School, and helping offset the cost of grief counseling so that any K–12 student in their communities can have access to a proper, supported grieving process — the kind of care their parents always believed every child deserved.