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Smithtown High School West Relay For Life Team Scores For Fight Against Cancer

LIMG March 8, 2024

Photo courtesy of Smithtown CSD They came. They saw. They scored. Students and faculty at Smithtown High School West hooped it up for a great cause on March 8. The Relay For Life team came up with the idea of a student versus faculty basketball game, and more than 60 people participated. More

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Middle School Football Team Raises Funds For Breast Cancer Awareness

LIMG November 7, 2023

Photo courtesy of the South Country Central School District The Bellport Middle School football team recently donated $2,600 to the American Cancer Society as part of a Breast Cancer Awareness Month fundraiser. To garner the funds, the team handed out flyers in school and to family and friends with a QR code requesting that donations […]

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Hicksville Middle School Students Participate In Annual Health Walk

LIMG November 6, 2023

Pictured: Hicksville Middle School’s annual Health Walk for Merkel Cell Skin Cancer raised funds for the American Cancer Society. Photo courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools Students and staff members at Hicksville Middle School recently got moving during their annual Health Walk to bring awareness to Merkel Cell Skin Cancer. The middle schoolers put their best […]

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PSEG Long Island Employees Make Strides Against Breast Cancer

LIMG October 20, 2022

Hundreds of PSEG Long Island employees, their family members and friends donned their pink and became breast cancer fighters this month, raising more than $52,000 to date as part of the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) two Long Island Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks. On Sunday, Oct. 16, more than 300 walkers spent a beautiful […]

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29th Year Of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer On Long Island

LIMG September 16, 2022

The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer movement, will unite residents across Long Island with two walks this October:  1st at Grangabel Park in Riverhead and on October 16th, Jones Beach State Park, Field 5. Advance registration is free and open to individuals, teams, families, and groups at www.makingstrideswalk.org/LongIsland.  The Society is

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American Cancer Society Announces Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walks on Long Island this October

LIMG September 10, 2021

Photo credit: American Cancer Society Long Island, home to the largest Making Strides Against Breast Cancer movement in the United States, again will host two powerful Making Strides walks on Sunday, October 17, 2021 at Jones Beach State Park and Saturday, October 30, 2021 on Main Street in Riverhead, providing reimagined and new ways to […]

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County Executive Curran and American Cancer Society Kick Off Breast Cancer Awareness Month

LIMG October 12, 2020

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran joined with the American Cancer Society to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness month and remind Long Islanders to “Go Pink” by committing to screening, building awareness and raising funds for research and programs to support breast cancer survivors. The message is more important this year, as many breast cancer treatments, […]