Archive for June 2019

The 16th Annual C.A.S.U.A.L. ( Colon cancer Awareness Saves Unlimited Adult Lives ) Day took place on Thursday, March 28th across northeast PA. This awareness campaign started when siblings, Michael Moran and Maura Phillips Staback’s mother, Helen Phillips was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer and passed away five and a half months after her diagnosis.…

When Susan Shoemaker was first approached to join the sponsorship committee for the Cancer Institute’s Cancer Survivors Day, her thoughts turned to her grandmother. Mary Adams raised Susan’s father, Jack, and her four other children virtually on her own after losing her husband at a young age. Mary was robbed of what should have been…

Through personal experience with a family member battling cancer, Duryea native sisters, Katie Brudzinski and Allison Brudzinski wanted to be part of something bigger that would involve their entire community and support those who are or have been affected by cancer. Allison came up with the idea for the name Duryea at Dusk. It incorporates…

Bedrock Technology hosted an electronics recycling event on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the TekRidge Center in Jessup and raised $658 that will help the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute fulfill their mission of easing the burden of cancer in northeastern Pennsylvania. Bedrock Technology partnered with Advanced Recycling, a provider of responsible recycling services. Households and…

A local personal training company in Clarks Summit, Body Blueprint, raised $1,000 for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute. They hosted a 28 Day Ab Challenge for their members and non-members. A nominal fee was required to participate in the challenge and videos were posted to a private Facebook group with each daily workout. Head trainer…