9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.
Retired NYPD cop and 9/11 recovery worker Deputy Chief Steven Bonano needs a bone marrow transplant to fight his site-related cancer. There will be a bone-marrow registry drive for him in downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 and Wednesday, May 8, 2013 from 8:00am to 6:00pm. Bonano served as commander of the elite NYPD Emergency Service Unit, responded to […]
Cancer and Careers' free series of teleconferences continues at noon on Thursday, May 16, 2013 with Returning to Work: Practical & Legal Issues. Click the link to register. Updated with new content for 2013, the teleconference will be presented by Joanna Morales, Esq., Cancer Rights Attorney and CEO of Navigating Cancer Survivorship and Rebecca V. Nellis, […]
The 2013 Dick Vitale Gala for the benefit of the V Foundation will take place on Friday, May 17, 2013, at 6:30pm at the Ritz Carlton in Sarasota, FL. The evening will honor Jim Calhoun, Bobby Bowden and Bill Self. The V Foundation assists in cancer research -- they just made a $1,000,000 grant to research blood cancers in workers […]
On Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 3:00pm-9:00pm at Williston Post American Legion a fundraiser will be held for Lt. Steve Reisman. Steve, a husband and father of 2, was diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer in 2011. He is undergoing treatment but the financial hardships are a terrible burden on his family. A donation of $50.00 […]
The 2013 Long Island Kidney Walk will take place on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Check-in begins at 9:30am; and the walk begins at 10:30am. For more information, please contact Andrea Denhart at andrea.denhart@kidney.org. Eisenhower Park 1899 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow, New York 11554 National Kidney Foundation 30 East 33rd Street New […]
The 7th annual "Kites for a Cure" will take place on Saturday, May 25, 2013 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at Cooper’s Beach in Southampton to raise money for the charity Uniting against Lung Cancer. Last year's event raised more than $60,000 to help fund lung cancer research. A donation of $30.00 entitles the donor to […]