To help others and spread kindness like Gia! We will be funding projects to help those in need. We will be sponsoring events to help foster kindness, and we will be awarding a Cheerleading and Kindness Award each year at Westlake High School in her honor!
Our Beautiful Gia:
Gia Gentile was a brave and beautiful 14-year-old who passed away on March 9, 2025, after a courageous nine-year fight with Neuroblastoma.
This page was created to keep her memory and legacy alive.
To know Gia was to love her. She radiated warmth, compassion, and an unwavering joy for life. Even in the face of daily challenges, Gia chose optimism. She was the first to offer a helping hand, the one who made sure no one ever felt left out, and a girl whose empathy ran deep. Her heart was pure gold — respectful, loving, generous, and endlessly kind.
Gia loved to laugh, sing, dance, create art, make bracelets, cheer, and spend time with her family and friends. She brought color, connection, and happiness wherever she went.
Gia’s legacy is one of love, inclusion, and kindness — and we are committed to keeping that legacy alive. One way we hope to honor her is by continuing to spread the values she lived by every single day and encouraging others to Live Like Gia.
We will always live by your words, Gia, today and every day! We miss you more and more each day.💜
Thank you to all that joined Kindness Week and made it their own in a school or one way or another!
Port Chester - Jamie Galluzzo Rubino
White plains - Jenn Puja
Fox Lane HS- Adriana Mastrogiacomo
Yonkers - Jennifer DeMatteo
Mount pleasant - Nick Dipaulo Brianne Iaonne
Hutchinson Elementary
Pleasantville - Myla and Michelle Pearlroth
Ossining - Pam Godino and Megan Mastrogiacomo
Blindbrook - Jen and Annalise Violino and
Valhalla -Liliana Rubino
Breaking Ground -Liliana
Holy Name- Maria ciraco
914 CrossFit
Yorktown - Antonella Dable
OLS - Nicole Granada
Laura Amalfitano- Purple Day in Harrison Community
Longfords Ice Cream- Purple Shake in honor of Gia
Universal Pre K in Portchester and Mount Pleasant
Cycle for Survivals in Gia's Name
NYC Schools
COOKIES AND CREAM- KINDNESS COOKIE
It was success, because of all of you!
5 scholarships were given in honor of Gia for Kindness and Cheer for a total of $12,500
$1,000 was donated to A Moment of Magic from the plank challenges at Westlake MS and HS
A week full of Kindness Activitiesand a breakfast for Westlake school district
Kindness Day 6/9 items
The Ronald McDonald House- Gia's Bags of HOPE
White Plains Hospital -Gia's Bags of HOPE for older patients
Westlake Cheer- purple pompoms, shirts and items to honor Gia
Custom Football Jerseys for Westlake Football and Cheerleaders to honor Gia and wear to spread kindness one game a year
Kindness Books for the Kindness Library at Hutchinson Elementary
Veteran Event for Gia- items to add to bags
Gift cards for Monticello Home for children that live at a residential home with autism
Christmas items and bracelets for veterans at Montrose VA Home
Sponsoring family for Christmas
Donations to 3 local toy drives
Rosary Hill - flower bouquets
Veteran care kits for Valentines Day
Valentine chocolates for VA HOMES
Operation Baby Drop- Veterans- diapers and wipes
Teacher Appreciation Week- cards and candy
KINDNESS WEEK 2026