Project Purple's Dino Verrelli
When Dino Verrelli's father, Giovanni, died from pancreatic cancer in 2011, Dino had already started working on creating a nonprofit group to raise money for research and to provide financial aid to people stricken with the disease.
Today 'Project Purple,' the nonprofit created in memory of his dad, is a $1 million a year charity with national reach providing research grants to universities and money to people with pancreatic cancer. Click play to learn about 'Project Purple' and its origins in the Naugatuck Valley.