(Published by The Somers Record) By Bob Dumas, The Somers Record. Photo courtesy of Dottie McHugh. Dottie McHugh was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2005. But with the help of family and friends, and one particular organization – Support Connection – she made it through the ordeal and was declared cancer-free about a year […]
Author Archive: Celeste Baccari
Breast Cancer Survivor’s ‘Tailspin’ Year Brings Family Closer Together
(Published by The Yorktown News) By Brian Donnelly, Halston Media. Photo courtesy of Beth Gilinsky Beth Gilinsky felt like she was just waiting for bad news. The 15-year Yorktown resident had been getting annual mammograms, as the daughter of a breast cancer survivor. Doctors detected something irregular in 2006, leading Gilinsky to get a biopsy that […]
2015 Support-A-Walk Team Spirit Winners
Support Connection, Inc. is pleased to announce the winners of their 2015 Team Spirit Awards. The awards were presented in conjunction with the 21st Annual Support-A-Walk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer, which took place on October 4, 2015 at FDR Park, Route 202, Yorktown Heights, NY. The Team Spirit Awards encouraged friends, family members, co-workers […]
The Smile © By Violet Navarrete
Do you see me? Do you know who I am? I see you smiling but I don’t know you. If I had taken but a moment to look past your smile: I would know that you are on a journey; which includes a battle with a chronic illness. Is […]