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Sean Sullivan Age: 39 Occupation: Porkprietor of Swingbellys BBQ Favorite celebrity

The Long Beach Mustaches for Kids crew is continuing to raise money for Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Pediatric Cancer Care Center. Mustaches for Kids is a volunteer-run, national organization … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 10/17/13

Michael Pignotti proudly showed off T-shirts honoring his mother, Laura, who died of stage four breast cancer in January.

Molloy student walks for cancer

Like his mother, Michael Pignotti is a fighter. Pignotti, a Rockville Centre resident and a junior at Molloy College, lost his mother, Laura, to stage four breast cancer in January. He had watched … more

By John Maher | 10/16/13

The Kennedy High School varsity girls' soccer team held a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

JFK girls’ soccer turns night match into fundraiser

For just the second time ever, female athletes at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore took to the school’s main field for a nighttime game last Thursday, Sept. 26. Like the following night’s Homecoming game between Kennedy and South Side High School’s football teams, relatives and friends of players stood cheering in the stands, music blared from loudspeakers, and the JFK Sports Boosters Club sold school clothing. more

By Brian Racow | 10/4/13

Anna D'Amaro sands in front of her Island Park home with a photo of her nephew, Philip, who died of cancer a week prior to Sandy.

Raising the roof, as well as the rest of the house

If it weren’t for bad luck, Island Park resident Anna D’Amaro would have no luck at all. Count the ways. A week prior to Hurricane Sandy, which wiped out her ranch home, D’Amaro’s … more

By Howard Schwach | 9/25/13

Lauree Elovich-Vasta, the daughter of the late Larry Elovich, blew her dad a kiss when a street sign was unveiled in his memory at New York Avenue.

A fitting tribute to ‘Mr. Long Beach’

Hundreds turned out for the inaugural Larry Elovich 5K memorial fun run and walk last Saturday, an event that many said was a fitting tribute to a man who is credited with transforming Long Beach … more

By Anthony Rifilato and Kevin Cabello | 8/8/13

Hundreds gathered to support Ellen Palmer and raise money for breast cancer research at Verdi’s Banquet Hall in Westbury on May 30. Above, Palmer, third from left, was joined by, from left, her son Michael, husband George, mother Anne, daughter Maggie and son Kelly.

Here for Ellen

A pink banner hung inside Verdi’s Banquet Hall in Westbury on May 30, where more than 300 people from Salisbury, East Meadow and across the country gathered in support of Ellen Palmer. The banner read simply, “Here for Ellen.” more

By David Weingrad | 6/12/13

Carolyn McCarthy will continue to serve while undergoing treatment for lung cancer.

Carolyn McCarthy diagnosed with lung cancer

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY4) has revealed that she has been diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer — and that she’s committed to beating this latest challenge. more

By Mary Malloy | 6/5/13

Susan Kay, Sue Plass, Sara Ectstein, and Seth and Rachel Zeitlin were among the walkers at the Bellmore-Merrick Relay For Life.

Bellmore-Merrick residents support fight against cancer at Relay for Life

Dozens gathered on May 18 at Merrick Road Park to take part in the Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event in which teams of people collect donations and then join together for nighttime walks and candlelight vigils. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 5/31/13

Teachers face off, and everyone wins

Teachers from the Covert and Wilson elementary schools in Rockville Centre met on the court on April 4, facing off in a volley ball match and raising money for charity. The game, which the Wilson … more

4/10/13

Friends and family of Doug Gonzalez had their heads shaved at the St. Baldrick's Foundation event last month in Rockville Centre. The group raised more that $21,000 for cancer research in Doug's name.

Bald-ly supporting a friend in need

Doug Gonzalez, a Rockville Centre sixth-grader, used to be the only boy in his class who was bald. But friends, family and classmates have rallied around Doug, who lost his hair due to brain … more

By John Maher | 4/10/13

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