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Town employees will have seizure response training To w n S u p e r v i s o r D o n Clavin, members of the town board and a handful of lifeThe EPIC Family of Human guards and public safety offiService Agencies in East Mead- cials joined EPIC’s leadership ow is partnering with the Town to announce the training durof Hempstead to provide spe- ing a Feb. 10 news conference at cialized training for public the agency’s headquarters, at safety officers and 1500 Hempstead lifeguards focused Turnpike. on recognizing and The lifeguards responding to indiand public safety viduals experiencofficers receive a ing a seizure. breadth of training The EPIC Family in multiple areas has been a lifeline of emergency, but for individuals facare not trained on ing epilepsy, intelhow to respond to a lectual disabilities seizure episode. and mental health W h e n C l av i n challenges — offerwas 16, he said, he ing personaliz ed worked as a lifecare and a supportguard in a pool in ive community — Va l l e y S t r e a m for more than six when someone had decades. The agensuffered from a seic y h a s t h r e e MIssY MIllER zure, and he did not b r a n c h e s : E P I C Councilwoman know how to Long Island, which Town of Hempstead respond. supports individu“It was really als with disabilities; intimidating,” he the Epilepsy Foundation of recounted. “I was trained for Long Island; and the South drowning (response), I trained Shore Guidance Center, a men- for CPR, but I didn’t have (seital health and behavioral clinic zure training). This is somein Freeport. thing that takes place, and peoThe acronym, EPIC, stands ple need to have that training.” for “Extraordinary People In M o re t h a n 3 0 , 0 0 0 L o n g Care.” COntInuEd On PAgE 12
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Paige Seltzer, Kayla Indich and Emily Kesler, JFK High School juniors, are leaders in the Battle 4 A Cure — a team in this year’s Student Visionary program on Long Island. Over the course of seven weeks, the girls will lead multiple initiatives to raise money in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. .
JFK teens are battling for a cancer cure
Paige Seltzer, Emily Kesler, Kayla Indich lead LLS campaign By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
Three juniors at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District are teaming up to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2025 Student Visionary program. Through a variety of programs, the trio will raise awareness and funds to support critical blood cancer research and enhance patient services. Paige Seltzer, Emily Kesler and Kayla Indich, all 16, are the leaders of Battle 4 A Cure, and have assembled a team made up of friends and family to support their efforts in this year’s fundraising campaign, which officially kicked off on Feb. 6, and will close on
March 27. Through personal asks and community engagement, the girls said they hoped to raise $50,000 over the seven-week campaign. The Student Visionary pro g ram is designed specifically for high school students who want to make a meaningful impact in the fight against blood cancers, empowering them to develop and execute their own fundraising campaigns to support LLS’s mission. Kesler told the Herald that she was nominated by a former participant last fall to be a Student Visionary for 2025, and asked LLS if any other students were involved in her community. Both Seltzer and Indich were also in the midst of forming a team, so the COntInuEd On PAgE 10
think it is so important that we make an active push to raise awareness so that we can get more funding for research.