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Volunteers, founders and award recipients of Circle of Hope – a Merrick-based nonprofit organization that aims to help individuals and their families coping with the effects of breast cancer and other illnesses – gathered to celebrate one another’s strength and service in the face of disease at the group’s “Journey for a Purpose” benefit on Dec. 9.
Benefit helps spread cancer awareness
Folks from throughout Bellmore-Merrick celebrated stories of survival and service at Circle of Hope’s “Journey for a Purpose” benefit for individuals coping with breast cancer and other … more
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In 2013, Circle of Hope honored Andie Ofsink, Jill Levine, Cindy Knoll and Lisa Fessler.
Circle of Hope to host third fundraiser dinner
A Bellmore-Merrick breast cancer charity will hold its largest fundraiser of the year next week.On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Circle of Hope will host “Journey for a Purpose” at 7 p.m. at the … more
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The U.S.'s most deadly cancer
Quick: What’s the most common form of cancer? more
Merokean Sadie Freifeld, 7, front, survived childhood cancer and inspired a recent fundraiser at the Bellmore Jewish Center to benefit the Winthrop University Medical Center’s Cancer Center for Kids. She was joined in front of the famed Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn by her family, including her mother, Beth, her father, Steven, and her brother, Max.
Beating childhood cancer: Sadie lives
The dark yellow streaks appeared suddenly under Merokean Sadie Freifeld’s eyes shortly after she turned 3. Her mother, Beth Freifeld, thought her daughter had rummaged through her makeup and smothered herself with eye shadow. She hadn’t. more
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The bone-marrow registry drive will be held at Kennedy High School on Nov. 1.
Kennedy alumni to hold bone-marrow drive
The Kennedy High School Alumni Association - Bellmore JFK Alumni, Inc. - will host a bone-marrow registry drive for the child of a Bellmore-JFK alumna who is suffering from leukemia.Janice Dean … more
Triathlete Jenn Sommermann survived Stage III ovarian cancer and went on to raise more than $107,000 through her 50 Triathlons in 50 States to Raise $100,000 for Ovarian Cancer Research campaign.To celebrate the successful completion of the campaign, Sommermann and her husband, Don Harris, trekked 600 miles by bicycle across Vietnam and Cambodia in March.
Triathlete beats cancer, then raises $107K for research
The sting seemed innocuous. A bee nipped Jenn Sommermann in the leg as she entered the water at the River Cities Triathlon, contested around the Cypress Black Bayou, near Shreveport, La., in August 2011. more
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Myths — and truths — about breast cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to gauge your awareness. Are the following statements true or false? more
Football players should wear black and blue
Do we really want to see the bruisers of the NFL play for pink? As Breast Cancer Awareness month begins . . . more
Raise the smoking age to 21
Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes is unhealthy. It’s a fact that smoking has immediate negative health consequences and that, over a prolonged period, it causes several different forms of cancer . . . more
Don't ignore the signs of depression
If the tragic death of Robin Williams shows us anything, it’s that depression can affect anyone — even those who seem the most successful, the most well off, the happiest. more
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