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.
CancerCare’s 16th annual Lung Cancer Walk for Hope will be held on Sunday, November 4, 2018, from 8:00am until 1:00pm at the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury, NY. Help CancerCare continue to provide free, professional support services to individuals affected by lung cancer. Details are available here. For more information, please contact […]
Come to the Heartworks House for a flag ceremony twice a day at 8:00am and 4:00pm every day of Veterans’ Week, from Monday, November 5, 2018, 8:00am until Friday, November 9, 2018, 4:00pm. Bring your family and friends to show our veterans how much they are appreciated. Heartworks was created after the terrorist attacks of […]
Our friends at CancerCare will present a webinar entitled Genomics and What’s New in the Treatment of Oral and Head and Neck Cancer on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, from 1:30pm to 2:30pm (ET). Registrants can listen live via phone or online. The panelists will be Terry A. Day, of Hollings Cancer Center; Cristina P. Rodriguez of […]
Staten Island is offering free thyroid cancer screenings at Borough Hall from 10:00am until 1:30pm on Thursday, November 8, 2018. The first 50 screenings will be free. Thyroid cancer is one of the top 5 cancers among World Trade Center recovery workers. In many cases, physicians cannot feel a cancerous nodule, but they can be detected […]
Our friends at CancerCare will present a webinar entitled Managing Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and its Complications as Part I of Life with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) on Thursday, November 8, 2018, from 1:30pm to 2:30pm (ET). Registrants can listen live via phone or online. The panelists will be John M. Pagel, Swedish Cancer Center; Alexey V. Danilov of […]
NYPD Officer Manny Vargas, who last served with the 49 Precinct, died of World Trade Center-related brain cancer on November 1, 2018. He also worked in the 24 Precinct during his 24-year NYPD career. A large man of great strength, he was known as "Monsta." His viewing will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2018 […]