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Lung Force Walk on edge of funding goal walk every year under a team “Me and my family, we keep the team going, and we’ve been The American Lung Associ- involved ever since,” she said. ation’s New York chapter host- “It’s keeping my sister’s spirit ed its 3rd annual Lung Force alive. “She was battling stage four Walk Long Island on Oct. 25 at Eisenhower Park in East Mead- lung cancer, and she took the ow, uniting hundreds of partic- time and made it her mission to ipants in the fight against lung be involved and bring awareness to lung cancer cancer and chronic and the need for diseases. research and new The ALA is a drugs and pronationwide charity g rams, all while that focuses on pregoing through treatventing respiratory ment herself. So, if ailments and supshe can do it, I’m porting both patients a n d NIColE STuRIANo going to continue doing that.” researchers during Lung Force Walk According to the the ongoing battle Chairperson, ALA, someone is against cancer. American Lung diagnosed with a This year’s fundAssociation lung disease about raiser collected every two minutes. $142,000 to support l i f e s a v i n g l u n g c a n c e r Lung cancer remains one of research, early detection pro- the leading causes of cancer grams, and public awareness deaths in the United States, initiatives, coming close to its even after the national survival rate improved by more than 44 $150,000 goal. Lungforce Walk Committee percent over the past decade. This year’s walk was sponChair Nicole Sturiano championed the event, motivated by sored by Catholic Health as how lung health issues affected well as radio partners 106.1 BLI her family. In 2015, Sturiano’s and WBAB 102.3. Two physisister, Jeanine Pucci, died after cians from Catholic Health’s a long battle with lung cancer. Good Samaritan University Now, Sturiano and her family Continued on page 20
By JoSEPH D’AlESSANDRo
jdalessandro@liherald.com
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An early Halloween in East Meadow Halloween came early in East Meadow as the community took part in a Trunk or Treat on Oct. 25. Antonio Santiago, 7, dressed up as a scary bunny and collected treats from Diane Krug, right. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Local libraries now equipped with lifesaving Narcan kits By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
Public libraries in the 5th State Senate District just got a little bit safer, thanks to the addition of Narcan — or naloxone — a medication that can be used to reverse or reduce the effects of an opioid overdose. State Sen. Steve Rhoads, who has spearheaded the potentially lifesaving initiative, unveiled the program at the East Meadow Public Library on Oct. 16. All 12 libraries in his district will be equipped with wall-mounted naloxone rescue kits. Rhoads said Nassau County’s 54 libraries
receive a total of more than 6.5 million visitors every year. In total, they host an average of 125 programs a day, and last year, 775,000 people attended at least one program at a Nassau County public library. “Libraries are more than just book repositories,” he said. “They are community centers, classrooms, senior hubs, youth spaces, workforce training sites, and now lifesaving access points.” Joining Rhoads in rolling out the kits were directors and staff from the libraries within his district, as well as local first responders and representatives from the Long Island Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, and the state’s Continued on page 10
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t’s keeping my sister’s spirit alive.