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Uniting
Against Lung
Cancer’s
“Kites for a
Cure®” Sees
A Successful
Sixth Year;
Raises
$60,000 for
Lung Cancer
Research
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1,100 People
Gathered on
Cooper’s
Beach in
Southampton
to Combat
Lung Cancer
(Southampton,
NY –May 30,
2012)
– The skies
above
Coopers
Beach in
Southampton
this
Memorial Day
weekend were
filled with
kites flown
by the 1,100
people who
assembled at
the beach to
support lung
cancer
research and
remember
those who
were lost to
the number
one cancer
killer.The
sixth annual
“Kites for a
Cure ®”
took place
on Saturday,
May 26 from
4-6 p.m.,
and raised
$60,000 for
innovative
lung cancer
research
throughout
the country.
Mark Epley,
Mayor of the
Village of
Southampton,
is a strong
advocate for
the event,
having lost
his father
to lung
cancer eight
years ago.
“‘Kites for
a Cure’ is a
wonderfully
unique event
– not only
is it a
fundraiser
for lung
cancer, but
it also
serves as a
memorial, a
way for
family and
friends to
share a
moment to
honor those
who have
passed from
the
disease.
The Village
of
Southampton
is proud to
participate
in such a
worthy
cause, and
we look
forward to
many more
Kites events
on Coopers
Beach.”
Rechler
Equity
Partners, a
Long Island
real estate
developer
and the firm
behind the
Hampton
Business
District at
Gabreski,
was a
presenting
sponsor of
this year’s
“Kites for a
Cure.” Gregg
Rechler,
managing
partner at
Rechler
Equity
Partners
said, “As a
local
businessman,
I’m
overwhelmed
with pride
at the
chance to
sponsor
‘Kites for a
Cure,’ to
give back to
a community
that has
given so
much to us.
It’s also a
chance for
me to
remember my
father,
Roger
Rechler, who
we lost to
lung cancer
four years
ago. I’m so
happy to see
all of these
people sho w
up to
support
Uniting
Against Lung
Cancer’s
mission.”
For a $30
donation,
each
participant
received a
blank,
high-quality
white kite
which they
could
decorate
with
drawings,
photos or
messages of
hope and
love for
those
suffering
with lung
cancer.
Markers in
every color
imaginable
were
provided at
beachfront
art stations
where eager
kite flyers
gathered to
decorate
their kites.
All proceeds
from “Kites
for a Cure”
will go to
Uniting
Against Lung
Cancer’s
research
grant
program.
“We’re
thrilled by
the great
turnout and
positive
energy
brought
forth by all
involved at
the sixth
annual
“Kites for a
Cure,” said
Linda
Wenger,
executive
director for
Uniting
Against Lung
Cancer. “We
hope that
attendees
were able to
take with
them a
heightened
sense of
awareness
for lung
cancer,
which
affects an
overwhelming
number of
never
smokers, yet
receives
less funding
per death
than any
other
cancer. “
Uniting
Against Lung
Cancer was
founded in
2001 in
memory of
Joan
Scarangello,
a
Southampton
resident and
non-smoker
who lost her
battle with
lung
cancer. In
just eight
years, the
foundation
has awarded
more than
$8.5 million
in research
grants to
find a cure
for the
disease that
will claim
an estimated
160,000
lives in the
U.S. this
year.
Lung cancer
will kill
more
Americans
this year
than
colon,
breast,
pancreatic
and prostate
cancers
combined,
and more
women than
breast,
uterine and
ovarian
cancers
combined.
Yet it
receives
less federal
research
funding per
death than
any of the
other major
cancers.
Uniting
Against Lung
Cancer (UALC),
a 501 (c)
(3)
organization
headquartered
in New York,
is dedicated
to finding a
cure for
lung cancer
by providing
funding for
innovative
research,
and to
raising
awareness of
the nation’s
#1 cancer
killer. For
more
information,
please visit
www.UnitingAgainstLungCancer.org.
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