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Relay For Life returns to Lynbrook
Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society fundraiser, is returning to Lynbrook after a one-year hiatus. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, May 22 at the track at South Middle School on Union Avenue. more
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It’s health care, not Russian roulette
In 1992, at the end of my second term in the Senate, I was approached by several courageous women from Long Island. They sat me down in my Senate conference room and brought to my attention that Long Island was producing higher-than-average rates of breast cancer. more
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Hewlett House Executive Director Geri Barish, far left, with members of the Wednesdays Twins group, from left, Dawn Walker, Barbara Milhaven, Sandy Schwartz, Margaret Keever, Roseanne Valletti, Maria Blank and Lisa Nolan as well as Louise Levine, vice president of 1 in 9, at Hewlett House’s Think Green, Think Pink 5K Walk at Eisenhower Park. The walk helped kick off National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
‘The lifejacket that helps them stay afloat’
After women are diagnosed with breast cancer, they often start looking for a support group that could help guide them through the next steps of recovery. The Wednesdays Twins are one such group at 1 in 9’s Hewlett House. more
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Difficult journey, but a successsful outcome
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and with more than 190,000 women being diagnosed with breast cancer this year, it is a time to raise awareness of a disease that takes more than 40,000 lives annually. Joann Antun, a Valley Stream village trustee, knows the rigors of fighting breast cancer very well. more
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