9^th Annual CancerCare Lung Cancer Walk for Hope Sets a New Record, Raising More Than $237,000!

Thank you to all of our walkers and supporters!

Over 1,100 CancerCare friends and supporters came out on Sunday morning, November 6 for the 9^th Annual CancerCare Lung Cancer Walk for Hope at the beautiful Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course in Woodbury, NY to benefit CancerCare’s National Lung Cancer program.

(l) Marilyn Veritzan with Team Marilyn's Fight, and (r) Team Marcia grouping up before the Walk.

We are proud to announce that your fundraising efforts paid off, as we took in over $237,000 to help clients affected by lung cancer. We would like to congratulate all of our participants for your hard work in helping us surpass our goal and continue to provide help and hope to people facing lung cancer. Thank you to our generous sponsors, in-kind donors, vendors, friends, and community partners for making this event a huge success.

Students from Five Towns College who both volunteered and walked.

Win Boerckel, LCSW-R, CancerCare’s National Lung Cancer Program Coordinator, served as the event’s emcee along with CancerCare CEO Helen H. Miller, LCSW and Lung Cancer Walk for Hope Committee Chairman, John Evans. Win welcomed 69 teams in addition to hundreds of individual participants and VIPs including longtime CancerCare friend and supporter, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker, and new friend to CancerCare, Town of Oyster Bay Councilwoman Rebecca Alesia. CancerCare was honored with an official Town of Oyster Bay Citation presented by Councilwoman Alesia for coordinating the Annual Lung Cancer Walk for Hope each year and bringing together friends and families in the community.

(at center) CancerCare's Debbie Sussman, Deborah Walsh, and Helen Miller with (l-r) Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker, Councilwoman Rebecca Alesia and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.

The feelings were strong and the day was memorable as we honored lung cancer survivor Phyllis Sobel with the “Ann Koelbel Top Fundraiser Award” for raising more than $18,455 in support of our free services. Phyllis also received the “Marcia Pearl Award for Outstanding Outreach” for sending out over 740 emails to recruit walkers and fundraise for the Walk! Phyllis, along with her team of lung cancer survivors, For Our Heroes, raised $44,790 to date, and the donations are still rolling in. Nice work, For Our Heroes—you truly are all heroes to us!

(l) Top fundraising team, For Our Heroes, and (r) For Our Heroes team member, John Cullen with his family.

We’re also proud of our Top School Team, Molloy College. Molloy’s baseball, softball, and women’s volleyball teams showed up in full force with over 70 walkers in total. Congratulations as well to our Top Corporate Team, Team Marks Paneth & Shron, LLP, who raised over $10,000. Great job!

Molloy College's (l) baseball, (m) softball, and (r) women's volleyball teams, all of whom turned out for the Walk. Go teams!

Top Corporate Team, Team Marks Paneth & Shron, LLP

You can still help raise funds while enjoying some great food at the Walt Whitman Mall California Pizza Kitchen TODAY, Thursday, November 10 from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., at COSI on Wednesday, November 16 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., and at Moe’s Southwest Grill on Monday, November 21 all day long! Check out the “Fundraising Events” page for more details on these upcoming fundraisers. Important note: Please be sure to print out the flyers and bring them with you to these participating locations (otherwise, CancerCare will not receive the donation).

Donations to the 9^th Annual Lung Cancer Walk for Hope can still be made at www.cancercare.org/lungcancerwalk through December 31. You can also mail your donation to:

CancerCare National Office
9^th Annual Lung Cancer Walk for Hope
275 Seventh Avenue, 22^nd Floor
New York, NY 10001
Attn: Debbie Sussman, Special Events Manager

We thank you all for your kindness and generosity, and look forward to seeing you at next year’s 10^th Annual Lung Cancer Walk for Hope!

(l) Survivor, Elizabeth Croce and family, and (r) CancerCare Director of Communications Jeanie Barnett with some young walkers fresh from the face-painting station!

For more information about CancerCare's free services for people affected by lung cancer, please visit www.cancercare.org or www.lungcancer.org, or call 800-813-HOPE (4673).

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Rochlin, Greenblatt & Gallo, CPAs	Exclusive Water Sponsor of the 2011 Lung Cancer Walk for Hope