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'Creative Cups' will be back on March 19

American Legion Auxiliary of Elmont contributes artwork to the event

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On March 19 at Adelphi University in Garden City, 178 original works of art will be auctioned to benefit the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Program.

These pieces are “Creative Cups” — ordinary bras that have been turned into folk art.

One work of art comes from members of the American Legion Auxilliary of Elmont, Unit 1033, who created “Miss Liberty,” dedicated to the women and men who serve in the armed forces. In the essay accompanying their submission, they write: “We have contact with many men and women in all branches of the armed forces through our organization on a daily basis. We also have contact with many women in our community and in our personal lives who have had to make adjustments to their way of living and accept a diagnosis of breast cancer. The one thing we find most prevalent in both these very different groups of people is their determination and will to survive, to survive all obstacles and adversities, to succeed and overcome where others have failed and when the odds say they could not; to strive not for the approval of others, but for the morning to come so they can wake up and say, ‘Yes, I made it!! You can’t beat me today — not this day!’… to survive and live to fight another day.”

The inspirations for the Creative Cups are many. Artist Richard Vaux of Lloyd Neck evoked autumn with his design “Wishful Landscape II.” Girl Scouts from Troop 3648 in Farmingdale made “Girl Scout Cookies” to honor the memory of Girl Scout Founder Juliet Gordon Lowe, who died from breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Joan Leondis of Garden City used many jewels for her “Life is Precious.” The amazing “Bra-alicious” by Dave Jones of East Meadow is made of welded spoons and chains.

These and 173 other Creative Cups will be auctioned on Thursday, March 19, at 6 p.m. at Adelphi University’s University Center in Garden City. NBC’s Pat Battle, a breast cancer survivor, again will host the event.

To date, chief sponsors are Leviton Foundation, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group and Lackmann Culinary Services.

Tickets are $50 ($65 for day of event walk-ins) and can be purchased online: www.adelphi.edu/creative-cups. Call the hotline at 800-877-8077 for information.