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Hey, Brooklyn – Let’s Help This Florida Girl Find Rare Blood To Beat Cancer

Photo via OneBlood.FLORIDA – Sure Bklyner covers Brooklyn stories, but this story was too important to pass up. Zainab Mughal, an adorable two-year-old needs blood to survive. The catch? The blood she’s looking for is rare. Could you be her match? Zainab has an aggressive form of cancer called

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New Yorkers Urged to Get a Life-Saving Colorectal Cancer Screening

NYC Health + Hospitals launches series of retro social media images to remind New Yorkers ages 50-75 to get a colonoscopy. Photo via NYC Health + HospitalsNYC Health + Hospitals launched its annual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month reminder to New Yorkers ages 50-75, to raise awareness about the importance of colon (or colorectal)

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Steps You Can Take To Prevent Colon Cancer

March is officially Colon Cancer Awareness Month and The Brooklyn Hospital Center would like you to get screened for the highly preventable and detectable disease. According to the American Cancer Society, “most colorectal cancers begin as a growth called a polyp on the inner lining of the colon or rectum.

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‘We Miss You Caleb!’: Plaque In Memory Of P.S. 10 Student Now Rests In School’s Garden

The plaque at P.S. 10 in Caleb’s Garden. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The P.S. 10 community honored the memory of student Caleb Sande this morning with a memorial plaque that was unveiled in an area now named Caleb’s Garden. Caleb Sande was only

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Portion Of Hubbard Street Renamed In Honor Of Celebrated Photographer & Comic Writer Seth Kushner

Seth Kushner’s wife, Terra (Left), with their son Jackson, holding a replica of the new street sign with Seth’s mom, Linda. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)More than 100 people gathered at the corner of Shore Parkway and Hubbard Street Sunday for the street co-naming ceremony honoring Seth

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Free Digital Mammograms & Clinical Breast Exams Will Be Available At The Flatbush Caton Market This Friday, July 31

Image courtesy of Community Board 14Thanks to Community Board 14, we learned that the American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s mobile, no-cost breast cancer screening program is coming to the Flatbush Caton Market (located at Flatbush and Caton Avenues) this Friday, July 31 from 9am-4:30pm. The foundation will provide free mammograms

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Free Digital Mammograms & Clinical Breast Exams In The Neighborhood This Sunday, May 10

Image via Councilman Mathieu EugeneAny neighbor who is 40 years old or older can receive a free digital mammogram and clinical breast exam this Sunday, May 10 from 9am-4:30pm at Holy Innocents RC Church (279 E. 17th Street, by Beverley Road). The American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s mobile care clinic

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Free Seminars On Colon Cancer At Coney Island Hospital (Sponsored)

Coney Island Hospital is offering two free public seminars on colon cancer this month, featuring expert guidance on one of the most lethal – yet most treatable – cancer conditions. Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States among cancers affecting both men and women. About 140,

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Richie Randazzo, “$5 Million Doorman,” Dies At Age 50

Source: Youtube/ UCmpxSOmTlTdsvBbTfF3hbBwThe doorman from Avenue U who won the $5 million jackpot died from lung cancer last week. Richie Randazzo, who had been battling the disease for over a year, died on November 14 at age 50. His funeral mass will be held at St. Simon & St. Jude

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Bensonhurst Resident Raises $37,000+ To Save Young Cancer Patient, But Still Needs Your Help

The Checkmate, Cancer! team with Nancy Parmar (Source: GoFundMe)Way back in March, we told you about Elona Karafin, then a 19-year-old Bensonhurst native and cancer survivor who kicked off “Checkmate, Cancer!”, an initiative to fund research for pediatric cancer. Karafin, who was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a bone

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Local Lottery Winner Battling Cancer

Randazzo with his Swedish model ex-girlfriend (Source: biglotterywinners.com)A doorman hailing from Gravesend, who struck it rich playing the lottery, is battling lung cancer. The New York Post is reporting that Richie Randazzo has been fighting his sickness for the past six months. Randazzo won $5 million from a

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Give Hope At William J. Weiner Memorial Blood Drive Saturday

When disasters strike, the call to donate blood is immediate and necessary, but it’s equally as important to ensure that our community supply remains at a steady level throughout the year. Families across the city depend on these donations as they face what is oftentimes their darkest hour, and

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Savino Plans To Introduce Medical Marijuana Bill

Source: Dank Depot via FlickrIn the 1980s, New York was one of the first states in the nation to legalize medical marijuana, running the program for nearly a decade before it was shut down. State Senator Diane Savino, of Staten Island and Coney Island, plans to introduce a bill to

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A Local Street May Be Renamed After A 9/11 Hero

From the offices of Congressman Michael Grimm: BROOKLYN, NY – Today, Rep. Michael G. Grimm (R,C-Brooklyn/S.I.) and State Senator Marty Golden (R,C,I – Brooklyn) sent a letter to Community Board 10 Chairwoman Joanne Seminara in support of naming the northeast corner of 5th Avenue and 85th Street

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Saturday: Dan’s 5K Fun Run In Gerritsen Beach

Dan Foster, the cancer survivor and Gerritsen Beach resident who organizes the neighborhood’s annual “Fun Run” to raise money for cancer research, will kick off this year’s event tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. All the details are in the flier above, and Dan also sent us the

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1973 Photo Of The Gravesend Bay Dump Site

Source: Arthur Tress via DailyDOCUMERICAThis photograph depicts the old incineration plant and landfill dump at Gravesend Bay. The site is currently at the center of a major Bensonhurst environmental debate. For over 30 years, the dump burned NYC garbage without a permit. It was finally shut down in the mid-90’

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Loccisano Foundation To Host Event Saluting Children, Teens

The following is a press release from the office of State Senator Marty Golden, which was sent on behalf of the Francesco Loccisano Memorial Foundation: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FRANCESCO LOCCISANO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION WILL HOST AN INSPIRATIONAL EVENT TO SALUTE CHILDREN AND TEENS AS HEROES WHO MAKE A

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Q&A: Tina Gray, Fundraiser For Breast Cancer Research

Tina Gray's hat and list October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, a time for celebrating, protecting and informing about those beloved bosoms. So we caught up with Tina Gray, a resident already well-known for organizing the Brooklyn/Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial (and video here), and an ardent fundraiser in

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Oct. 3: Party Cruise To Benefit Ladder 156 Firefighter

(Photo courtesy of FDNYTrucks.com) There will be a party cruise leaving Pier 2 in Sheepshead Bay this Saturday, October 3, 2009, to benefit New York City Firefighter Richie Manetta and his family.There will be a DJ affiliated with the Golden Sunshine catamaran operators onboard providing music, as well