Babylon Town Presents Special Breast Cancer Forum

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the will host a special forum on October 17 where breast cancer survivors will share their stories and provide information about support services.

Presented by Supervisor Steve Bellone and Ellen McVeety, town councilwoman and chairperson of the town's department of human services, the Breast Cancer Awareness Forum will feature representatives from the Sisters of Greater Long Island and the Witness Project.

The Sisters of Greater Long Island seeks “to remove the fear of cancer and its treatments from the minds of African-American women and men in the Long Island community,” according to town officials.

The Witness Project of Long Island is a breast health and breast cancer educational program that reaches out to women in African American communities, and was started in 2003 by the Stony Brook University Cancer Center in partnership with Babylon.

The forum will take place at the Town of Babylon Annex Building in North Babylon at Phelps Lane Park starting at 6 p.m., and will run until 9 p.m.

To RSVP and more information, please call 631-422-7642.