NYSUT members are 'making strides' against breast cancer
NYSUT Vice Presidents Maria Neira and Kathleen Donahue meet Albany Public School TA members Stephanie Willie, left, and Stacy Van Cott and their children at the Albany walk. Neira oversees the union's Making Strides efforts.
These are a few of the thousands of walkers from NYSUT locals who participated in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks statewide to raise funds to support breast cancer research.
NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi (last row, center) and Sheila Goldberg (far right), a Plainedge retiree who helps coordinate the Nassau County walk, join the Mineola local, whose members and retirees raised $11,700 to fight breast cancer.
Also at the Jones Beach walk, from left, are North Babylon TO officers Pamela Katz, Nicole Sico, Selina Durio and Diane Collins.
Members of the Western Sullivan United Teachers and SRPs, including NYSUT Board member Carol Slotkin, bundle up for the Central Valley walk.
The breast cancer walk is a family affair for these Middletown TA members. From left, Samantha Rodriguez, Elizabeth Cepeda, Josephine Rossello and 5-month-old Gabriel Rossello.
Harrison Association of Teachers had a large contingent at the Manhattanville walk. President Karen Magee noted HAT has participated in the walks since their inception.
Madelaine Donohue of the Ramapo TA with her T-shirt message.
Among the scores of walkers raising awareness and funds for the Oct. 15 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks were hundreds of United Federation of Teachers members. Shown above are the UFTers who walked for a cure in Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
A large contingent of members and kids joined the Queens walk that started at Queens Borough Hall.
UFT survivors of breast cancer led the Manhattan walk that wound through Central Park.
Related story
"Why we walk the walk." New York Teacher. Oct. 19, 2006.
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Educating educators about cancer
A one-day conference for educating educators about medical and learning issues that children with cancer face, particularly when returning to school, is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at SUNY Stony Brook. It is organized by the School Re-Entry Program at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
For information, call Nicole Gutman at (631) 444-7521 or e-mail Nicole.gutman@sunysb.edu.