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Putting family over finance

A charity organization based in

Middlebury Center, PA

About Us

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The Humble Bumble Project was founded when the Griffin family, overwhelmed by the love and support of their community, decided to give back and share a sense of camaraderie to help cancer families like theirs. 

Our organization is made up of the Griffins' friends and family, all dedicated to lifting up pediatric, adolescent, and adulthood  cancer patients, and passing on the same togetherness that first sparked the creation of the Humble Bumble Project. 

Our Team

Paige Griffin

Co-Founder, Inspiration

Paige always wanted to make a difference in the world. Through this organization, we honor her memory and ensure that her legacy lives on.

When Paige was young, she volunteered at Trinity Lutheran School’s summer program and Vacation Bible School as well as the summer reading program at the Green Free Library in Wellsboro. Everyone would tell her how good she was with the children and that she should become a teacher. So, in typical teenager fashion, she said she would never work with children. Paige graduated from Wellsboro high school in 2014 and attended Drexel University with an undeclared major. After her freshman year she still did not know that she wanted to be when she grew up, so she came home and took a year off from school. Paige was very frustrated that she didn’t know what her passion or purpose was in life. After returning home from Drexel, she got a job as a nanny for a wonderful family and Paige fell head over heels in love with the little girl, as well as her sister who was born a year later. Paige referred to them as ‘her girls’. Paige had decided to return to college, still not entirely sure of her path, and was accepted to Keuka College. On July 30, 2016 after a trip to the ER for what we thought was appendicitis, we were told she had masses in her pelvic area. On August 19 th, Paige underwent surgery and had a baseball sized mass removed from her colon along with four inches of her colon, a grape sized mass removed from her right ovary, and lesions from her left ovary. What was supposed to have been a laparoscopic surgery with an overnight stay turned into a six-inch abdominal incision, a three-day hospital stay, and a cancer diagnosis. In true Paige fashion, she started classes on schedule at Keuka just ten days post-op. She was determined that cancer was not going to interfere with college so much so that we picked her up from her dorm and took her to her very first chemo treatment. She ultimately realized that a germy dorm was not a place to be and once again returned home. In the end she convinced all of her professors to allow her to finish the semester from home. Dealing with a cancer diagnosis, undergoing chemo treatment and side effects, and completing coursework from home, Paige obtained three Bs and one A…and was disappointed with her grades. Paige returned to work at Trinity as her treatments and counts would allow at their after-school program and as a preschool aide. After her diagnosis, she became even more frustrated with not knowing her path in life. A few weeks prior to her passing, she said she realized her purpose in life – to take care of the children that had passed away while they were waiting for their parents. Paige passed on November 24, 2018 from high grade Stage IV undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma.

Board of Directors

President, Co-Founder, Michele Griffin​​

Michele Griffin is the President and Co-Founder of the Humble Bumble Project.  She has worked in the human services field since 1993 in both the County and private sector.  She is a 1993 graduate of Mansfield University where she earned her BSW and a 2001 graduate of Marywood University earning her MSW. Michele enjoys gardening, reading, and camping and loves to travel.

She has been married to her husband Chad since 1994 and is the proud mom of Paige, the Humble Bumble Project’s Co-Founder and inspiration. 

 

Michele created the Humble Bumble Project because of Paige’s cancer journey, discovering the non-medical expenses that accompany a diagnosis firsthand.  The Griffin family was humbled by the outpouring of support, both emotional and financial. Knowing not all cancer families are as fortunate, the urge to pay things forward steadily grew and the Humble Bumble Project was born.

Treasurer, Chasity Kaltenbach

Chasity Kaltenbach received her Associate degree in Accounting in 1995 from Central Penn Business School of Summerdale, PA.  For the last 22 years she has owned and operated Accounting with Attitude in Wellsboro PA.  She also works with her family at Tim Kaltenbach Sr. and Family Auction Service.  She is active with Trinity Lutheran School Board and PTO, Tioga County Fair Board, The Humble Bumble Project, and Tioga County Junior Livestock Sale Committee. Chasity is married with three children and resides in Wellsboro, PA

Secretary, Deborah Rudy

Deborah Rudy currently serves as the Secretary of the Humble Bumble Project. She has worked as a  Pennsylvania Senate field representative since 2013, and has also worked in the insurance and healthcare industries.  She is a 1987 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received her MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, in 1992. 

She is married to husband Tom, and they have three adult children, a daughter-in-law, and a beautiful granddaughter. 

Deb joined the Humble Bumble Project out of respect for and inspiration from the founder, Paige Griffin, her daughter's childhood friend.  She remains in awe of the incredible generosity of businesses, foundations, and individuals who make it possible for the Humble Bumble Project to assist those who need it.

Chris Greenwalt

Chris Greenwalt is a Humble Bumble Project (HBP) board member. She received her BSW and her MA in Counseling from Edinboro University. Chris has always worked in either Human Services or Mental Health. Chris and Michele used to work together. When Michele found out that Chris also had a child with cancer she reached out to Chris and told her about HBP. Chris was eager to join. Squish was only 22 months old when she was diagnosed with a Stage IV sacrococcygeal germ cell tumor. After chemo, surgeries, radiation, and a 7 week stay in Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, Squish has been cancer free for 5 years. Chris is very proud to be part of an organization that help "focus on family rather than finance" 

Terri Patrick

Terri Patrick has been a Registered Nurse for 38  years.  She spent 34 years as an ICU nurse and, in 2024, changed careers and began working as a Chemotherapy Infusion Nurse.  

Terri became a member of the Humble Bumble Project at the request of Paige and Michele Griffin in 2018. Paige was a high school friend of Terri's son, Drew, and was honored to be asked.

Terri has been married to Ferlin Patrick since 1986 and share two children, Drew Patick and the late Casey Patrick.

Brooke Webster

Brooke Webster is a member on the Board of Directors for the Humble Bumble Project. Brooke has served as a School Psychologist for the Northern Tioga School District since 2022. She graduated with a Bachelors in Psychology and minor in Spanish from Susquehanna University in 2018, where she also played varsity softball for 4 years. Brooke received her Masters Degree in 2020 and Certificate of Advanced Study in 2021 from Alfred University, where she was also a Graduate Assistant Coach for the Alfred University Softball team. 

 

Brooke is married to Brandon Webster. She became a member of the Young Professionals Advisory Board in 2018, at the request of Paige Griffin. She was later added as a member of the Board of Directors for the Humble Bumble Project. Brooke and Paige grew up together, went to school and graduated from Wellsboro Area High School together, and worked together at one of their favorite places: Trinity Lutheran Church and School. Brooke continues to be a part of this non-profit to carry on Paige’s legacy, an amazing, funny, and beautiful (inside and out) young woman who she misses every day. 

Drew Patrick

Drew Patrick joined Humble Bumble Project Board in 2025 after serving in the Young Professionals Board since its inception.  He was good friends with Paige Griffin attending Wellsboro high school together and participating in similar extracurriculars.

 Drew currently works as the Director of athletic communications at Commonwealth University Mansfield.

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