Long before Sea Wolves became a thriving community of support, two men saw a need — and took action. It was founded by Don Helgeson and Greg Brown, ordinary guys who walked through the fire themselves and refused to let other men go through it alone.

United by their own cancer journeys and a shared belief that “men with cancer helping men with cancer” is more than a motto, it’s a mission, Don and Greg set out to build something different. Something human. Something real.

They started with simple Tuesday-morning coffee meetups in Nanaimo. From there the group grew — expanding across Vancouver Island with weekly gatherings, peer support, chemo-care backpacks, advocacy efforts and hope for hundreds of men.

Today, their vision lives on through every backpack handed out, every conversation around a coffee table, every man reminded that “You are not alone. You are part of the pack.”