Calderon: Memorial Day Weekend, nearly 1,000 people took part in “Kites for treatment,” a kite fly benefit the family of Coopers Beach on Saturday afternoon in Southampton. This event raised more than $ 80,000 to Joanne Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer, which funds innovative research of lung cancer in all parts of the country.
“The Kite second anniversary of victory in the treatment of everything, beautiful weather and the turnout exceeded our expectations, not incredible,” said Mark Epley, Mayor of the village of Southampton. Mr. Epley served as Dean Emeritus of the event, after he lost his father to lung cancer just four years ago.
Joan legacy of President of the Board Mary Ann Taiji
To donate $ 25 for each guest received a kite high quality, which itself was decorated with drawings, pictures and messages and the names of loved ones who are currently battling the disease, or have died from lung cancer – the nation’s # 1 cancer killer. Money that will support the national heritage of Joan of lung cancer research grants program.
Joan and Joan’s Legacy is named Scarangello, a resident of Southampton and non-smoker who lost a battle with lung cancer in 2001. In just six years, the foundation awarded $ 3.6 million in the form of research grants to determine the reasons, and new treatments, and possible treatments for this disease which will claim the lives of an estimated 160,000 in the United States this year.
Joan’s legacy is headquartered in New York, and grew under the guidance of Joan Scarangello family and friends to become one of the most important sources of funding for lung cancer research in the country. He joined a growing number of like-minded organizations and families, and Joan genetic recognized to stimulate new and innovative research projects – ideas that would not proceed without funding provides seed Juan legacy – the basis on which quickly became a source of investment capital the important research on this disease.
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