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in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition has been committed
to fighting the breast cancer epidemic through education, outreach,
advocacy, spearheading changes to legislation affecting cancer issues,
and continuously raising money to support innovative epidemiological
cancer research projects at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Started in November of 1990 when Fran Kritchek, Marie
Quinn and a group of women suffering from cancer broke the silence about
the disease and made a declaration of action.
-
Raise
awareness of the epidemic of breast cancer and keep the disease
in the forefront
- Obtain
funding for research
- Investigate
the link between pesticides and breast cancer since Long Island is a
farm area
- Increase
detection of breast cancer
- Find
the causes, a cure and how to prevent breast cancer
Laying
the Foundation
- Spearheaded
the drive for the Long Island Breast Cancer Research Project
- Fought
to effect New York State's Pesticide Registry Law
- Pushed
for passage of the Neighborhood Notification Bill, which requires commercial
pesticide applicators to notify neighbors with adjoining properties
- Fought
for the passage of the Income Tax Check-Off for breast cancer research
- Advocated
for New York State's Women's Health Law of 1997, putting an end to drive-through
mastectomies
- Opened
Hewlett House, a refuge for patients and families affected by breast
cancer, in March 2001.
- Today
1 in 9 has expanded to provide direct services for patients, their families
and friends through its programs at Hewlett House.
Contacts
Geri
Barish - President
Ellen Hirschbein - Outreach Coordinator
Sandy Valencia - Receptionist
For
more information, please call 1 in 9/Hewlett House at 516.374.3190.
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