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YOUR OFFICIAL HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER
VOL. 34 NO. 23 June 9-15, 2000 40 CENTS
Flowers of Hope Bloom In The Cancer Awareness Garden
memory of a loved one who has passed away from cancer, or in celebration
of life for a cancer survivor. For weeks prior to May 24th, SPEC members got
together on their own time and worked countless hours getting the garden
ready for planting.
At the opening ceremony, everyone got down on his or her hands
and knees to plant the flowers, including Dr. Antoinette MacLeod, BHS
principal! Also at the opening, helping to plant flowers, were some of the
children from The Children's Cancer Center at North Shore University
Hospital in Manhasset, as well as the administrator from the Center, Maxine
Andrade. They enjoyed the garden and had so much fun. that SPEC
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Ribbon-cutting ceremony. Left to right: SPEC VP Meredith Prider,
Kaitlin Gregory, Neal Rubin, SPEC Pres. Brad Jerson, Marlyse Nugent,
Michael Giordano, Jimmy Duerr, Michael Roberts, Alex Ruthizer, Paras
Qureshi, Jennifer Zodan, Robyn Landy, Jessica Brecher, Cindy Quan,
Juliann Tang.
Members of SPEC and CAP students planting flowers.
As Helen Keller once said, "Keep your face to the sunshine, and you
will not see the shadows." There will always be sunshine and flowers in
Bethpage High School's Senior Courtyard, as SPEC (Students Putting an
End to Cancer), opened its Cancer Awareness Garden on Wednesday, May
24th. Over 700 flowers were planted in celebration of life and in memory of
cancer victims. Present at the official ribbon-cutting ceremony was News 12
Long Island, who covered the story, and a representative from Nassau
County Executive Tom Gulotta's office, who presented SPEC with a special
citation from Mr. Golotta. Refreshments and balloons were provided by
students from Bethpage High School's Career Achievement Program (CAP),
who also worked diligently with SPEC to bring this garden to fruition. Brad
Jerson, President and founder of SPEC, said, "This garden is a dream come
true and it brings us closer to our goal of helping to fight cancer, benefiting
the community, and making a difference." Brad initiated the idea of an
awareness garden, where, for a $5.00 donation, a flower could be planted in
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In picture (from left to right) SPEC member Andrew Choi, 10 year
old Jimmy Duerr (Children's Cancer Center), SPEC President Brad
Jerson, and 5 year old Marlyse Nugent (Children's Cancer Center
patient) planting flowers in the Cancer Awareness Garden.
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| Title | Bethpage-Tribune_2000-06-09 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge and Seaford. |
| Creator | Florence Cullem |
| Publisher | Florence Cullem |
| Contributors | Scanned and Prepared by Hudson Microimaging, Port Ewen, New York 12466. |
| Date | 2010 |
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| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
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