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New York University’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted its the fifth annual Pink Zone basketball game at the Jerome S. Coles Sports and Recreation Center on February 17, raising a record $2,615.05 to benefit Miles of Hope.
For details, read the article in the NYU Athletics website.
In the photo: Miles of Hope Hoops Committee member and 2009 Hoops for Hope Tournament Honoree and Survivor Marlene Stager, at the game.
Survivors were honored at the game
Photos from the September 12 Play 4Kay Breast Cancer Awareness game, with the Marist Women’s Basketball team against Siena, are available now.
Survivors are honored at half time.
Everyone, please join us on Sunday, February 12 at 2:00 PM to cheer on the Marist Women’s Basketball team during their “Play 4Kay Breast Cancer Awareness Game” against Siena. The first 700 fans will receive a free t-shirt.
Breast Cancer survivors are asked to pre-register for the Half Time Honor with Marist Assistant Athletics Director Frank Lombardy. Email Frank.Lombardy@marist.edu or call (845) 575-3699 x2329. Registration will also be available on the day of the game after entry. Survivors will be recognized during a special half time ceremony.
Bring your camera, video camera or smart phone and shoot photos and videos of fans and players at the game! Whoever takes the best video or the best photo will win a prize from Miles of Hope! Upload your videos to YouTube, or post your photos publicly on ShutterFly with the tag “MOHPlay4Kay2012″ and email a link to your material to info@milesofhope.org. Submission deadline: The Wednesday after the game.
All fans are encouraged to wear pink and everyone gets a pink ribbon. There will be a raffle for prizes and memorabilia, plus a 50/50 raffle. All proceeds from this event will benefit Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation.
The Marist women’s basketball team will be wearing special pink uniforms and shoe laces in commemoration of the breast cancer awareness game.
Register for Hoops for Hope March 10 at the Play 4Kay Breast Cancer Awareness Game.
Tickets for this game can be purchased online by using this link.
Chairback Seating: Adult – $8; Child (12 & under) – $4
Bench Seating: Adult – $6; Child (12 & under) – $4
Event Info
Play 4Kay Breast Cancer Awareness Game
McCann Recreation Center
Marist College
3399 North Rd., Poughkeepsie NY [map]
Sunday, February 12
2:00 PM
The Senior Class of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, will host an elegant, romantic, and unforgettable Valentine event on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 6 PM. This will be a charity event benefiting local charities, including Miles of Hope.
The evening will include a cocktail hour featuring signature cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres, sparkling wines, beer, and soda, followed by a five-course meal with carefully selected wines. Live music for your listening and dancing pleasure will be performed by The Big Band Sound.
The price for this fabulous event is $90 per person. For more information and for reservations, please click here to visit the CIA website.
Invite your Facebook friends to this event!
*UPDATE* 2/13/2012 PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT!
DBS Employees with the check for Miles of Hope: Nadine Wiese, Mike Whalen, Jennifer Booth, Justin Noyes, Shane Kip, Chad “Jr.” McLain, Rob Wheeler, Bob Lutz, Maureen Bliss, Pete Viola & Brian Altmann
DBS Remodel of LaGrange, Dutchess County, decided it was high time they stepped up and recognized all of the people in their company and families who were affected by breast cancer.
Owner, Brian Altmann, decided the best way to honor those individuals would be to have a charity golf tournament and donate the proceeds to the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation.
“We knew that we wanted to have an event and we knew that our customers and suppliers liked to play golf, so we put the two together and had a fundraising day out at Casperkill Country Club,” Altmann explained.
Rob Wheeler, Chairman of the Tournament and a long time DBS employee said he had personal reasons to get involved:
“My mother was diagnosed 8 years ago,” Wheeler explained, “and I knew, once I read about Miles of Hope, that I wanted to donate money to them. They are the only local organization which gives the donations directly to the people who need them.”
The tournament took place in late October with 65 participants.
“We were thrilled when DBS contacted us and named us the recipient of the proceeds,” Pari Forood, Exec. Dir. of Miles of Hope explained. “They had a silent auction as part of the dinner after golf and a custom made guitar was created and donated just for this event. It was painted with our logo and bright pink!”
Dear Miles of Hope Family,
We won’t beat around the bush. People with breast cancer need help now more than ever.
Our Medical Gap Care Fund provides emergency financial assistance for people in treatment for breast cancer who cannot pay a bill. It is administered by six social service agencies to service eight counties. We pay for expenses like transportation, fuel oil, rent, food, and clothing for children, medical expenses not covered by insurance, and phone bills.
We like to think we replace some of the hope lost with some of the hope we have stored up from seeing all of you at our fundraising events: Hoops for Hope Women’s Basketball Tournament, The Spring Brunch, and Family Fun Run, Goals for Hope Women’s Soccer Tournament and the Community Walk for Breast Cancer.
DONATE:
$25 if you would like to purchase a gas card for someone to get to their cancer treatments.
$50 to give one massage while someone with breast cancer is receiving their chemotherapy
$75 if you would like to purchase a gift card for groceries for a family having a financial crisis while going through treatment.
$100 to pay for one mammogram to save the life of a newly diagnosed individual
$500 to pay for a month of Healing Vibrations – our music program for patients and their families receiving treatment
$1000 for a scholarship for one college bound high school senior whose life was affected by breast cancer.
Thank you for helping us help as many people as possible. Please make your donation on-line by credit card on WePay, or send your check, payable to Miles of Hope BCF, to P.O. Box 405, Lagrangeville, NY 12540.
Sincerely,
Cathy Varunok Dana Effron Pari Forood
Co-Founder Co-Founder Executive Director
Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Donors will receive a tax-deductible receipt.
The Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation received a donation from all three Adams Fairacre Farms stores from a pin up program the stores ran in September and October.
Poughkeepsie, Newburgh and Kingston Adams Fairacres Farms donated $6400 to Miles of Hope from donations made while customers were checking out with their groceries.
Cashiers and employees of Adams Fairacre Farms Poughkeepsie pose with Jen Noll (red shirt, long blond hair on right; and Cathy Varunok, Miles of Hope Co-Founder in black pants suit on far right)
“Adams has been running this program for us for a couple of years each September and October,” explained Pari Forood, Miles of Hope Executive Director.
“This year, through the extraordinary efforts of Jen Noll and her team of cashiers, they were able to increase their donation considerably from last year’s $4200 donation. We are very grateful to everyone at Adams who helped us to raise this money in September and October, Breast Cancer Awareness month,” she said.
Jen Noll, Adams Human Resources Asst Director, explained that AT&T donated a smart phone as an incentive for the cashiers. “When the cashiers saw the prize for the cashier who encouraged the most donations, they really stepped it up,” she said.
“We can’t wait to add Wappingers (the new Adams location due to open shortly) to the mix next year and increase our donation to Miles of Hope,” she said.
“Adams Fairacre Farms has been generous to us since our inception,” explained Cathy Varunok, Miles of Hope co-Founder. “They donate food to Goals for Hope in August and help us with other events as well. We are indebted to them for their support throughout the years.”
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On Halloween, Monday, October 31, 2011, Marion Salonspa of Pleasant Valley will donate $2 from every product purchased(*) and 10% of all services to Miles of Hope.
Marion Salonspa is located at 1600 Main St., Pleasant Valley, NY. Phone 845-635-1626 or see their website.
(*) Offer excludes travel size products
For the remaining Fridays in October, the Women’s Work shop will donate 10% of sales to Miles of Hope. Women’s Work is located in the Poughkeepsie Plaza Mall, 2600 South Rd. (Route 9), Poughkeepsie, NY [map].
For more information, please call Women’s Work at (845) 849-1858.
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