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Mass at the June 24 Mepham High School graduation. With assistance, he was able to cross the stage and accept his diploma.
2018 Mepham grad battling brain cancer
Ian Mass, 18, was first diagnosed with a potentially deadly form of eye cancer called retinoblastoma when he was 7 years old. For 11 long years, he fought the cancer, beating it twice — and holding on just long enough for him to graduate from Mepham High School on June 24. more
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Town of Hempstead officials announced Monday that the town would expand a free sunscreen program at all town beaches, pools and other areas this summer.
Town expands free sunscreen program
By Elizabeth Thompson The Town of Hempstead wants you to lather up this summer and announced Monday that it was expanding a free sunscreen program at all town beaches, pools and other … more
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Photo Credit/Herald Seaford High School junior Victoria Ippoliti, right, with her cousins Angelina Monopoli, left, and Adriana Monopoli, placed a paper-bag luminaria in memory of their grandfather Angelo Ferrara, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2015.
'Joe brought everyone together'
The nonprofit foundation gives scholarships to students who have a parent who has cancer or has died of the disease. Some of the participants walked in memory of family members or friend stricken with the disease, placing paper-bag luminarias around the track to honor them. more
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Joe was the master of ceremonies at the Walk of Lights on June 8.
In sickness and in health: Oceanside widower raises $1 million for students affected by cancer
Thirteen years after his wife died of breast cancer, an Oceanside man has raised over a million dollars to support students whose parents have cancer or who have died of the disease. His name is … more
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Cancer survivors took a lap around the track at South Side High School’s first Relay For Life on June 2.
South Side High School raises $55K at Relay For Life
“I don’t think I’ve ever felt so proud in my 11 years of being at South Side and being a part of this community,” said English teacher Meghan O’Brien, who served as the faculty adviser for the school’s first ever Relay For Life. “To see the overwhelming response the day of was really something spectacular.” more
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Cancer Awareness Club members Sofia Harrison, left, Brittney Gobardhan and Giulia Pugliese, who are chairing South Side High School’s Relay for Life on June 2, helped spread the word earlier this month.
South Side students, Rockville Centre community ready for Relay For Life
South Side High School is almost set to host its first-ever Relay for Life, as students and community members put the finishing touches on preparations and ramp up fundraising ahead of Saturday’s event, which will benefit the American Cancer Society. more
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The Wantagh and Seaford High School softball teams joined forces to raise money for breast cancer in honor of local softball legend Kathy DelGais Butler, center.
Kathy DelGais Butler: striking out breast cancer
Butler, who teaches special education at the high school, was diagnosed with breast cancer in late November. more
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Cancer survivor Ric Wilson, 17, shaved Patrick Costello’s head, watched by Josephine and Nick Pedone, whose 7-year-old son, Nicholas, died of the same cancer that killed Ric’s brother.
Local St. Baldrick's event raised $20K for childhood cancer research
John Zozzaro, a local businessman and the organizer of the 11th annual St. Baldrick’s fundraiser at the Downtown Café in Glen Cove, was one of about 50 people who ended St. Patrick’s Day with … more
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South Side High School’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team took a shot during a fundraiser to fight cancer last Saturday.
Rockville Centre lacrosse fundraiser raises money to fight cancer
Long Islanders paid a visit to Rockville Centre last Saturday to take shots at the lacrosse goal and raise money in the process. more
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The donation will aid in South Nassau’s cancer center consolidation effort meant to ease the logistics of cancer treatment for local patients.
Feil family donates $1.5 million to South Nassau cancer treatment
The Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust has made a $1.5 million donation to South Nassau Communities Hospital to help relocate the hospital’s cancer program services and departments to a … more
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