Badgers basketball coach Greg Gard visits Wausau to promote Garding Against Cancer

Wisconsin Badgers head basketball coach Greg Gard was in Wausau Thursday to promote a September reception for his Garding Against Cancer initiative.

Garding Against Cancer was started in December 2016, after Greg's father passed away after battling a rare form of brain cancer.

Since then, the initiative has raised over $2.3 million.

All of that money, Gard said, stays in Wisconsin and the communities where the events are held.

"I was very fortunate in my position at the time that when my dad was diagnosed, being at Wisconsin, I had access to a lot of people and a lot of resources national to be able to ask for help and get answers," Gard said. "But as I reflected on that, what does the person from Tomah do? Or Egg Harbor? Or Eagle River? Or Superior? What do they do when that type of devastation news comes from their doctor, and where can they turn?"

The event will be held Friday, September 14 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rib Mountain.

You can find more information on the event and Garding Against Cancer at www.gardingagainstcancer.org.