Cancer awareness group to host virtual meeting Sunday

ThyCa Long Island, a local support group for thyroid cancer survivors, will hold a free virtual meeting on the Zoom platform on Sunday, June 14 from 1 to 3 p.m.

For further details, contact Abby Melendez, co-facilitator of ThyCa Long Island and Baldwin resident, at (516) 608-5113 or via email at http://www.thyca.org/sg/ny_manhasset/. The group will continue to meet online until the shelter-in-place order has been lifted.

ThyCa Long Island is affiliated with ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization consisting of thyroid cancer survivors, family members and health care professionals.

The group is dedicated to supporting, educating and communicating for thyroid cancer survivors, their families and friends. It also sponsors Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, year-round awareness activities and thyroid cancer research fundraising as well as research grants.

At meetings people share thyroid cancer information, their experience, and insights on how they are coping with thyroid cancer. The support group is free and open to any and all survivors and their families and friends.