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Volleyball tournament marks 29 years known in 29 years it would g row this much,” Carol O’Neill, who founded the founWhat began in 1997 with 11 dation in memory of her nets and 200 shirts has grown daughter, said as she took in into Long Beach’s larg est the view of more than 500 volbeach volleyball tournament, leyball teams stretched across and a local tradition rooted in Edwards Boulevard Beach. community, resilMichelle O’Neill, ience and giving a Long Beach resiback. dent, was diagThe Michele nosed with cancer O’Neill Foundation as a high school hosted its 29th senior in 1989. annual volleyball Known for her taltour nament last ent as a watercolorSaturday, with 510 ist and having a c o m p e t i t ive a n d “sunny outlook” on recreational teams l i f e, h e r m o t h e r crowding 81 nets said, she died in along the sand — 1996. Her f amily the largest competicreated the foundaCARol o’NEIll tion to date for the tion a year later. Founder, foundation. The “The biggest daylong event also Michelle O’Neill challenge was we included music, raf- Foundation had just lost fles and prizes M i ch e l l e, ” C a r y including an auto g raphed lAnn Niven, O’Neill’s eldest Mark Messier hockey stick and daughter, recalled. Jimmy Hayes Steakhouse gift Even after Michelle was cards. diagnosed, she attended NasThe foundation is a nonprof- sau Community College as well it benefiting children with can- as SUNY Oneonta, graduating cer and special needs. It sup- with a degree in interdisciplinports families dealing with the ary studies — all while receivfinancial hardships of caring ing treatment. She had a “very for children with catastrophic powerful impact on anyone illnesses. who knew her,” her mother “ We wo u l d h ave n eve r Continued on page 11
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Running to remember Ryan Scarduto, of Long Beach, was first across the finish line at the 34.3 Foundation’s 3.43mile Memories Into Miles Run/ Walk last Sunday, which paid tribute to the New York City firefighters who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. The foundation’s name is the distance in miles from Long Beach to ground zero. At right, Lacy Hefferman with her grandfather Michael Hefferman at the event. Story, more photos, Page 10.
e would have never known in 29 years it would grow this much.