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Patchogue Medford Youth & Community Services Takes Action Against Cancer

Stony Brook Cancer’s CPiA team congratulates Patchogue Medford Youth & Community Services (PMYCS) in taking action against cancer this summer season. Through our partnership, this Suffolk County based non-profit organization has incorporated sun safety education in its curriculum, with three sun safety events held this summer! Children and staff of PMYCS learned all about how […]

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Long Island’s Great South Bay Music Festival Goes Sun Safe

Long Island’s Great South Bay Music Festival held their first festival since 2019, welcoming 15,000 people to Patchogue’s Shorefront Park for four days of music and sun safe fun! In its relaunch, Great South Bay sought help from Stony Brook Cancer Center’s CPiA team to adopt a sun safety policy, with the goal of reducing

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Supporting HPV Vaccination at Long Island FQHC, Inc. with Dr. Jana Shaw

Stony Brook Cancer Center’s CPiA team welcomed Dr. Jana Shaw, professor of pediatrics at Upstate Medical University, and public education committee chair of the NYS HPV Coalition, to co-host an HPV vaccination training for providers at Long Island FQHC, Inc. LIFQHC, Inc. is a designated Federally Qualified Health Center serving Nassau County through a network

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Fulmont Community Action Agency Offers Paid Time Off for Cancer Screening Benefit

Cancer Prevention in Action for Fulton, Montgomery & Schenectady Counties at St. Mary’s Healthcare created a paid time off benefit postcard in support of paid time off benefit for cancer screening policies. The piece can be printed in a postcard size and be placed in employee paychecks as a stuffer reminding employees that they have

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First Responders Cancer Prevention in Action Workshop

Cancer Prevention in Action for Fulton, Montgomery & Schenectady Counties at St. Mary’s Healthcare ​held a First Responder’s Cancer Prevention Workshop in Montgomery County. Cancer prevention education and resources were provided through a great collaboration of organizations including Montgomery County Public Health, Advancing Tobacco Free Communities, Calderwood Training Solutions and Cancer Services Program for Fulton,

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