Jason Bergeron Named 2022 Relay for Life Event Chair

Houma Native Jason Bergeron has been named the 2022 Relay for Life Event Chair.

Bergeron is an entrepreneur and has been involved in the community for over 20 years. He owns Stratify, a business consulting company, served as the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce Chairman, Treasurer of the Hache Grant Association where he’s been constantly involved with helping those in need, helped form the local Alziemers group, and has been a part of the Relay for Life event since the 90s, just to name a few. 

Bergeron said his involvement with the event started in the mid-90s and has been involved on and off since then. He started when it was at Nicholls when it was a walk the track. He’s helped with teams, involved with the Sean Payton and Rob Ryan pie in the face, celebrity waiter with stars from Duck Dynasty, and many more creative fundraising opportunities.

The event is personal for Bergeron where he said it’s near and dear to his heart. He lost his mother five years ago to cancer. Her journey included fighting the disease three times. His mother-in-law is also a cancer survivor. “It’s just a lot of people I know that it has touched their lives in one way or another. With that, I think it’s an important cause,” he said. He is passionate about trying to help the cause of finding a cure or better treatment options for cancer.

He said it’s all about having a great team. He said when he is involved with something, he tries to leave it better than what he found it, and make it the best event it can be. “I hope it’s the passion that everyone gets attached to,” he said talking about the 2022 event. He also attributed his can-do attitude to his experiences growing up. He said his family didn’t have much growing up and it was all about survival,” What’s the worse someone can say? No?” He said he doesn’t see the answer as a no, but rather than a not right now, which highlights his positive outlook when it comes to lending a helping hand to the community he’s so passionate about.

Bergeron said our area has something special about it, “It attributes to that resiliency, the dust ourselves off, take care of ourselves, not wait on anyone else mentality we have. I’m honored and fortunate to be able to be a part of the event this year.”

They celebrated a Relay for Life kick-off this week at The Sandbox where Relay teams and sponsors came out to celebrate the cause. American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Terrebonne will be April 23, 2022, the location is still being determined. To donate or to join the relay, visit RelayForLife.org/TerrebonneLA, and follow the local Relay for Life on Facebook for updates.