Next Gen 30, INC honors the memory of Genevieve “Genny” Farnan,  a vibrant woman who passed away after three years of fighting glioblastoma at just 29 years old. Performing 30 acts of kindness annually in the communities that Genny loved, NextGen30 prioritizes the health and education of young people in Cape May County.

Genny attended Our Lady Star of the Sea School and Wildwood Catholic. In high school, she was known for her athleticism, scoring over 1,000 points during her basketball career with the Wildwood Catholic Crusaders. She attended Rowan University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Education: Health and Exercise Science, hoping to share her love of basketball with the next generation.

She began her career as a teacher's aide with the Middle Township Board of Education and Atlantic County Special Service School District. She was also a favorite bartender at the C-View Inn in Cape May for many years.

Genny’s family and friends established NextGen30 to remember Genny as she was before cancer took her away from us, and share her kind, loving, community-forward spirit with others.

As any picture of her will prove, Genny was beautiful in ways that cancer could not diminish. She was incredibly athletic, with a mental and physical toughness that aided her in her fight. She was deeply ingrained in every community she entered, and volunteered her time and energy again and again for the causes in which she believed. This is the Genny we remember and this is the spirit we hope to share.