Letter: Combating Lung Disease With Christmas Seals

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Letter: Combating Lung Disease With Christmas Seals

Friday, 04 January 2013 00:00

As holiday cards begin arriving, many Northeast residents will notice envelopes decorated with the American Lung Association’s Christmas Seals — a critical cornerstone in the fight for healthy lungs and healthy air for more than 100 years. The Christmas Seals campaign was first introduced in 1907 as a way to stamp out tuberculosis. Today, the seal continues to be an important means of funding our mission to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.

While the Christmas Seal looks like a postage stamp, it has no monetary value; yet, the donations that stand behind each seal are invaluable. The seal helps fund our ongoing efforts to combat lung diseases like lung cancer, asthma, influenza and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Throughout the years, the Christmas Seal has supported our work to fund lung disease research, eliminate smoking on airplanes, strengthen the Clean Air Act and help generations quit smoking.

As we celebrate the spirit of giving this holiday season, the Lung Association wishes to say ‘thank you’ to all our supporters, both old and new, who have used the Christmas Seal as a way to join our fight against lung disease — the third leading cause of death in the United States.

Your continued support gives us hope that one day we will live in a world free of lung disease. To those who have not supported Christmas Seals in the past, we invite you to begin a new holiday tradition. Visit Christmasseals.org to learn more.

Jeff Seyler

President and CEO

American Lung Association of the Northeast

New York City

News

Prospect Street Dedicated To Argentine

Thursday, 13 June 2013 00:00

Following the Memorial Day ceremonies on May 27, the Village of Farmingdale held a special ceremony, dedicating Prospect Street, adjacent to the Village Hall, in honor of Farmingdale native, Marine Lance Corporal James D. Argentine.

Lance Corporal Argentine was killed, along with two fellow Marines, on Aug. 6, 2009, by a roadside bomb while supporting combat operations of Operation Enduring Freedom, in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Argentine was 22 years old.

Mayor Ralph Ekstrand said, “This is a fitting tribute to James and will permanently serve as a reminder of the sacrifice that has been made by the members of our military, who protect our freedom.” Parents of Lance Corporal James D. Argentine look on as Prospect Street is renamed as LCpl James D. Argentine Way. Robert and Janet Argentine with Village Officals and Legislator Joseph Belesi. Photo by Phil LoNigro

Diaz Belmont Stakes Run

Thursday, 13 June 2013 00:00

Farmingdale superstar Franklin Diaz made it look easy at the 2nd annual Belmont Stakes Blue Ribbon 5 Kilometer Run for Prostate Cancer on the evening of June 2, crossing the finish line in 16:46, 36 seconds in front of runner-up Ricardo Cuahuizo, with 17-year-old Travis Wooten a strong third.

It was Diaz’s second race of the day, following up on a second overall finish at the New Hyde Park 8 Kilometer Run in the morning.

Sports

Xtreme Crowned Champs In Poconos

Thursday, 13 June 2013 00:00

Players pictured (front): Makenna Parisi and Emily Hunt; (middle) Zoe Kolodny, Erin Lynch, Isabella Pedone, Jaden Keener, Nicole Celeste, Marissa Seyfert, and Samantha Stoll; (back) Amanda Stoll, ToniAnn Penna, Keleysha Petit-Frere, Savanna Spadalik, and Christine Duroseau. For months the parents and players had this weekend circled on their calendars. Some players started a count down; they couldn’t wait. The parents checklist was drawn, uniforms, cleats, bathing suits, goggles, blender…check.

Now it was the girls’ turn and they didn’t disappoint. The GU 10 HBC Xtreme, were crowned division champions of the Poconos Cup Memorial Weekend tournament.

The girls went undefeated in their four games to take first place. They played outstanding soccer defeating two New Jersey teams and two Long Island teams.

Hadnagy’s Late Run Lifts Farmingdale To Championship

Thursday, 06 June 2013 00:00

“Championship, Cortland and Chipotle.” These buzz words, created by Farmingdale girls’ lacrosse coach Shari Campbell, were motivation for the Lady Dalers (14-3, 7-2 Nassau Conference I), as they held on to beat Bay Shore, 12-11 and claim the Long Island Class A Championship at Adelphi’s Motamed Field on Sunday, June 2.

Campbell promised her team that if they won, she would take the team Chipotle to celebrate, following the match.

“That was the biggest motivation for us all,” senior attack Nadine Hadnagy joked.