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Jeff Bezos and Fiancée Lauren Sánchez Are Donating $60M to Restore Land Across US

Austin Tang — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:21:04 +0000

The donation is part of the billionaire’s promise to eventually funnel $10 billion into climate-related efforts.

Paul Tudor Jones, Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos pictured on Oct. 19. Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com

Billionaire Jeff Bezos is making progress on the decade-long climate pledge he first made in 2020. Alongside his fiancée Lauren Sánchez, the Amazon (AMZN) founder earlier this week unveiled a $60 million grant to help restore 1.6 million acres of land across the U.S. The donation comes from the Bezos Earth Fund, a climate commitment Bezos initially established in 2020 that is expected to dole out a total of $10 billion for environmental solutions by the end of this decade.

The grant will aid the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) as it protects and improves the management of land across grasslands in the nation’s Northern Great Plains and longleaf pine forests in the Southeast U.S. “America’s landscapes are treasures that reflect the very heart of our country,” said Bezos in a statement. “By restoring these grasslands and forests, we’re safeguarding their natural beauty for future generations.”

The Bezos Earth Fund has previously provided NFWF, the country’s largest conservation foundation, with $90 million in funding to restore some 2.7 million acres. Its new grant will build upon that to help 80 to 100 different local projects across more than a dozen U.S. states focused on supporting at-risk species and ecosystems throughout the next two years.

According to the billionaire’s philanthropic organization, these projects will range from boosting populations of black-footed ferrets and gopher tortoises, planting native trees and grasses, and prescribing burning in longleaf forests. “This new phase of work with NFWF will help bring life back to vital U.S. landscapes, said Sánchez, who serves as vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, in a statement.

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HELPING FAMILIES IMPACTED BY BREAST CANCER FIND MAGIC WITH “THE ADVENTURE JAR”

Austin Tang — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:12:03 +0000

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A new children’s book is being released to help families impacted by breast cancer.

“The Adventure Jar: A Story of Magic for Families Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer” is intended for children ages three to eight. The book follows the story of a family affected by metastatic breast cancer as they discover that even through the challenges of their mom’s diagnosis – involving inevitable change, uncertainty and disappointment – there is magic to be found in time shared together.

Family life can be upended when a parent has cancer, and it can be difficult for parents to bear witness to the impact it can have on young children – creating a crucial need for resources to help navigate the challenging emotions that follow.

The Adventure Jar, led by Gilead Sciences, was created in collaboration with eight diverse members of the metastatic breast cancer (MBC) community and professionals, including a psychiatrist, to help families impacted by MBC.

Among these collaborators is Gilead Patient Ambassador Lauren Huffmaster. She was diagnosed with MBC at 37 years old and struggled with the emotional impact cancer had on her husband and three young daughters, who were two, four and six at the time. Nearly a decade since her diagnosis, MBC continues to shape the lives of her daughters, but they’ve made it a habit to redefine their circumstances.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and leading cause of cancer death among women aged 20 to 49 years in the US[ Siegel, R. L., Miller, K. D., Wagle, N. S., & Jemal, A. (2023). Cancer statistics, 2023. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 73(1), 17–48. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21763.

MBC is the most advanced stage of breast cancer that has spread to other areas of the body, most often the bones, lungs, liver or brain.[ Metastatic Breast Cancer Facts and Statistics. (n.d.). Susan G. Komen®. Retrieved June 14, 2024, from https://www.komen.org/breast-cancer/facts-statistics/what-is-breast-cancer/metastatic-breast-cancer/ It’s a lifelong disease, and treatment is an ongoing reality that doesn’t go away for most people. As younger women are being diagnosed with MBC at an alarming rate, this means that families, including many young children, are increasingly impacted.

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He’s Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water

Austin Tang — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:29:01 +0000

A landscape architect in China has a surprising strategy to help manage surges of water from storms supercharged by climate change.

Kongjian Yu at his office in Beijing. “We’ve been using the conventional drainage infrastructure for 200 years and we haven’t solved the flooding problem,” he said.Credit…Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press

By Richard Schiffman
Published March 28, 2024
Updated April 3, 2024

Cities around the world face a daunting challenge in the era of climate change: Supercharged rainstorms are turning streets into rivers, flooding subway systems and inundating residential neighborhoods, often with deadly consequences.

Kongjian Yu, a landscape architect and professor at Peking University, is developing what might seem like a counterintuitive response: Let the water in.

“You cannot fight water,” he said. “You have to adapt to it.”

Instead of putting in more drainage pipes, building flood walls and channeling rivers between concrete embankments, which is the usual approach to managing water, Mr. Yu wants to dissipate the destructive force of floodwaters by slowing them and giving them room to spread out.

Mr. Yu calls the concept “sponge city” and says it’s like “doing tai chi with water,” a reference to the Chinese martial art in which an opponent’s energy and moves are redirected, not resisted.

“It’s a whole philosophy, a new way of dealing with water,” he said.

Through his Beijing-based company, Turenscape, one of the world’s largest landscape architecture firms, Mr. Yu has overseen the development of hundreds of landscaped urban water parks in China where runoff from flash floods is diverted to soak into the ground or be absorbed into constructed wetlands.

Mr. Yu said growing up in a village in Zhejiang Province toward the end of the Cultural Revolution showed him how earlier generations in rural China had “made friends with water.” Farmers in his region built terraces, berms and ponds to direct and to store excess water during the rainy season.

That stood in sharp contrast to the urban landscapes in modern China. Traditionally, cities in China would set aside areas capable of absorbing floodwaters. But such nature-friendly urban design largely ended with the Industrial Revolution, Mr. Yu said. More recently, millions of acres have been paved over to build cities, some of them rising up virtually overnight.

Shanghai Houtan Park in 2006.Credit…Courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The same area in 2018.Credit…Courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation

“We’ve been using the conventional drainage infrastructure for 200 years and we haven’t solved the flooding problem,” he said, noting that much of China has a monsoon climate subject to extremely heavy bursts of rain that pose an increasing hazard as climate change advances. That’s because warm air can hold more moisture, resulting in heavier rainstorms.

Currently, 65 percent of urban areas in China experience some degree of flooding each year, according to Mr. Yu. The country is currently the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases. The United States is the largest historical emitter .

“The concrete drainage systems that came here from the West just can’t handle it,” Mr. Yu said. “We need a new solution.”

The sponge city program was formally inaugurated by President Xi Jinping in 2015 with pilot projects in 16 Chinese cities and has since expanded to more than 640 sites in 250 municipalities around the country.

You can see the concept in Houtan Park, a mile-long strip of greenery along the Huangpu River in Shanghai that Mr. Yu designed on a former industrial site.

Terraces planted with bamboo and native forbs and grasses are bisected by wooden walkways that zigzag between ponds and constructed wetlands. The wetlands filter water, slow the river’s flow and provide habitat for waterfowl and spawning fish.

The goal, at least on paper, is that by 2030, 70 percent of the rain that falls on China’s sponge cities during extreme weather events should be absorbed locally rather than accumulate in the streets.

Whether enough land can be converted is a key question.

Mr. Yu, who studied landscape architecture in China and at Harvard, with hand-drawn landscape designs. Credit…Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press

Edmund Penning-Rowsell, a research associate at the University of Oxford who focuses on water security, said the scale of the sponge city projects would have to be huge to cope with flooding on their own. “Take New York City,” he said. “How many Central Parks would you need to absorb this kind of problem? You’d probably need half of Manhattan.”

Zhengzhou, in northeastern China on the banks of the Yellow River, was an enthusiastic early adopter of the sponge city concept, spending hundreds of millions of dollars building related projects from 2016 to 2021. But torrential rains inundated much of the city in July 2021, creating scenes of destruction and killing hundreds, including at least 14 in a subway tunnel.

Why were the floods so disastrous in Zhengzhou? Mr. Yu said some of the money earmarked for sponge projects was diverted to other programs and that the land set aside for them was insufficient. If permeable surfaces or green spaces make up 20 to 40 percent of a city’s area, he said, “you can virtually solve the problem of urban inundation.”

Niall Kirkwood, a professor of landscape architecture at Harvard who has known Mr. Yu for years, acknowledged that it can be difficult, and sometimes impossible, to convert land in city centers that have already been densely built. Still, he said, Mr. Yu’s impact as a innovator has been incalculable.

“He’s created a clear and elegant idea of enhancing nature, of partnership with nature that everyone, the man on the street, the mayor of a city, an engineer, even a child, can understand,” Professor Kirkwood said.

Where large tracts of land are not available, sponge city projects are replacing concrete and asphalt with permeable pavement, installing green roofs and creating trenches called bioswales that channel storm-water runoff and use vegetation to filter out debris and pollution.

The sponge city concept is not unique to China. One of Mr. Yu’s projects abroad is the Benjakitti Forest Park, a maze of ponds, trees and miniature islands in Bangkok that was opened to the public in 2022 and occupies more than hundred acres on the site of a former tobacco factory.

Separately, in 2007 the Dutch government began a program called Room for the River that consists of more than 30 projects around four rivers, including the Rhine. The idea is to restore natural floodplains in key areas around sites that need protection. The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is using “floodable parks” that turn into temporary ponds during heavy rains. Philadelphia and Malmo, Sweden, also have projects.

The site of Benjakitti Forest Park in Bangkok in 2020.Credit…Courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The park, which was rehabilitated by Mr. Yu’s firm, in 2022.Credit…Lauren DeCicca for The New York Times

In addition to flood control, these projects have the advantage of being an inexpensive way to recharge local aquifers and a low-tech adaptation to help overheated city neighborhoods, because evaporating water has a cooling effect.

John Beardsley, the curator of the Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, which was awarded to Mr. Yu last year, echoed Professor Kirkwood, saying Mr. Yu’s impact on policy in China, a country that has been more likely to imprison environmental activists than take their messages to heart, has been astonishing.

Mr. Beardsley attributes this to Mr. Yu’s adroit political skills and infectious enthusiasm, as well as the Chinese government’s powerful incentive to appear to be addressing the problem of urban flooding, which has grown alarmingly in recent years.

“Kongjian has managed to be very critical of the government’s environmental policies while still maintaining his practice and his academic appointments,” he said. “He’s both brave and deft in this regard, threading a very narrow needle.”

“Sponge cities isn’t a total solution, but it makes a significant impact,” Mr. Beardsley said. “I mean, we need to start doing something.”

Courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation

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Funding Opportunity – Seed Grant Applications are Open!

Austin Tang — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:35:18 +0000

United Way of New York City and Food Bank For New York City are pleased to announce that the 2024 Seed Grant Application is here! Non-profit organizations are invited to submit projects that provide organizations with the ability to develop or improve upon innovative and sustainable ways of confronting emergency food and/or nutrition needs of low-income individuals.

Selected projects may receive up to $25,000. Note: past Seed Grant recipients from 2018 onwards will be ineligible to participate for the 2024 grant cycle. This grant is not intended to start new emergency food programs, or to support food costs or operational costs for existing emergency feeding programs.

Step 1: Review Application Guidelines (includes application questions, application instructions and required supporting documents)

Step 2: Download Required Project Goals and Budget Template

Step 3: Starting December 1st, apply HERE (We suggest drafting your answers using the questions noted in the “Application Guidelines”, then typing them in when completing the online application form. You must have all supporting documents ready on-hand before beginning application)

Optional: Review the recorded Seed Grant Application Webinar on feednyc.org for tips on completing the application.

Applications open December 1st and are due December 21st, 2023.

Thank you,

ren Haupt | Manager, Capacity Building for Nutrition Programs

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Jewish Clergy and NYC Elected Officials Advocate for Housing Justice

Austin Tang — Fri, 05 May 2023 15:12:17 +0000

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Speaker Adrienne Adams, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Comptroller Brad Lander and other elected leaders will join event marking the Jewish holiday of Pesach Sheni

NEW YORK – On Thursday May 4 at 6 p.m. ET, Jewish leaders from Tirdof: New York Jewish Clergy for Justice will host New York City elected officials for “Pesach Sheni Tisch for Housing Justice.” To celebrate the little-known Jewish holiday of Pesach Sheni, the group will invite speakers to lead readings, share a holiday meal, and engage in advocacy for housing justice. Elected leaders including Comptroller Brad Lander, Councilmember Alexa Avilés, Speaker Adrienne Adams, and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine will be in attendance for the celebration, along with community leaders including Pastor Gil Monrose and Rabbi Abby Stein.

The event is organized by Tirdof: New York Jewish Clergy for Justice as part of its inaugural Bayit campaign focused on supporting unhoused individuals. Tirdof is a partnership between T’ruah: A Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ Community), which unites Jewish clergy to organize with neighbors and allies for a New York City with freedom, opportunity, and dignity for all.

WHAT: Pesach Sheni Tisch for Housing Justice

WHERE: SAJ — Judaism That Stands for All (15 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024)

WHEN: Thursday, May 4, 6 p.m. Eastern

WHO: Community organizers and Jewish faith leaders, including:

Adrienne Adams, Speaker of the New York City Council
Alexa Avilés, New York City Council Member
Brad Lander, New York City Comptroller
Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President
Members of Tirdof: New York Clergy for Justice
Pastor Gil Monrose, executive director, NYC Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships
Rabbi Abby Stein, rabbi, author, and activist
Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann, Rabbi of SAJ – Judaism That Stands for All

Tirdof: New York Jewish Clergy for Justice is a project of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ Community).

About T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights mobilizes a network of more than 2,300 rabbis and cantors from all streams of Judaism that, together with the Jewish community, act on the Jewish imperative to respect and advance the human rights of all people. Grounded in Torah and our Jewish historical experience and guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we call upon Jews to assert Jewish values by raising our voices and taking concrete steps to protect and expand human rights in North America, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories.

About Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Community:

JFREJ Community fights to empower communities that face state violence, economic inequity, and structural oppression to govern the resources and systems that affect their lives. JFREJ Community is committed to building a vibrant Jewish Left working for social justice in New York City. JFREJ Community’s sister organization, JFREJ Action, is the home for Jewish New Yorkers organizing with our neighbors and allies to transform New York from a playground for the wealthy few into a real democracy for all of us, free from all forms of racist violence.

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Philanthropist & Board Member Jean Shafiroff Hosts Luncheon in Honor of American Humane

Austin Tang — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:44:12 +0000

Jean Shafiroff hosts luncheon in honor of the American Humane with Dr. Robin Ganzert

at Swiftys at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida (photo credit: CapeHart Photography / Jessica Lawten)

Jean Shafiroff, philanthropist, television host, and author of Successful Philanthropy: How to Make A Life By What You Give, hosted an outdoor luncheon at Swiftys at The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, FL in honor of American Humane.

The luncheon was attended by a group of guests and supporters of the work of the Organization. Those in attendance included Jean Shafiroff (Board Member), Dr. Robin Ganzert (Executive Director), Ava Roosevelt, Kim Dryer, Kathleen Gannon, Sharon Jablin, Pamela O’Connor, Lauren Roberts, Janet Levy, Pamela Wright, Elizbeth Steinberg and Rashmee Sharma.

Jean Shafiroff greeted guests and spoke about the many programs that American Humane performs. “Philanthropy is my passion,” said Mrs. Shafiroff. “I am deeply moved by the incredible work American Humane does throughout the world, and it was an absolute honor to welcome Dr. Ganzert and my dear friends to celebrate the vital programs and services the organization provides.” Next Jean Shafiroff introduced Dr. Robin Ganzert who spoke about the work of the international work of the American Humane

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Photo Credits: CapeHart Photography / Jessica Lawten

About American Humane:

American Humane is the country’s first national humane organization. Founded in 1877, American Humane is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals, and our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the bonds between animals and people. For more information or to support our work, please visit www.americanhumane.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Jean Shafiroff:

Jean Shafiroff is a philanthropist, humanitarian, TV host, writer, and the author of the book “Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life By What You Give”. Jean works extensively as a volunteer fundraiser and leader in the philanthropic world. She serves on the boards of 8 charitable organizations and each year chairs upwards of eight to 9 different charity galas. Among the many causes she champions are those involved in women’s rights, rights of the underserved, health care, and animal welfare.

Jean serves on the boards of the American Humane, Southampton Hospital Association, NYC Mission Society, French Heritage Society, Couture Council of the Museum at FIT, Global Strays, New York Women’s Foundation, Casita Maria, and Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Honorary Board. A Catholic, she served on the board of the Jewish Board for 28 years and now is one of their honorary trustees. Jean Shafiroff is an influencer and has over 1.2m Instagram followers.

For more information please visit www.jeanshafiroff.com

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Jean Shafiroff, Rosita (photo credit: CapeHart Photography / Jessica Lawten)

Jean Shafiroff, Pamela O’connor, Robin Ganzert, Vickie Schnepps (photo credit: CapeHart Photography / Jessica Lawten)

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The 19th Annual Women’s eNews ‘21 Leaders for the 21st Century’ Awards Gala

admin — Wed, 22 May 2019 10:30:53 +0000

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Host – Tamsen Fadal, 11-time Emmy winning PIX 11 News Anchor, author and producer
Executive Director of Women’s eNews – Lori Sokol
Honorary Gala Chair – Loreen Arbus, president of The Loreen Arbus Foundation, The Goldenson-Arbus Foundation, and Loreen Arbus Productions, Inc.
Honorary Gala Co-Chairs –
Abigail Disney, documentary filmmaker and co-founder, Level Forward
Lauren Embrey, president, Embrey Family Foundation
Suzanne Lerner, co-founder and president, Michael Stars.
Gala Keynote Speaker – Wendy Davis, former Texas State Senator, 2014 Texas Democratic Gubernatorial nominee, and Founding Director of Deeds not Words.
Check out this year’s 2019 Women’s eNews ‘21 Leaders for the 21st Century’ – who will be celebrated at this year’s gala:
https://womensenews.org/events-at-womens-enews/
About Women’s eNews:
Its Mission: Women’s eNews reports the stories of women and girls to create a more equitable world.
Its Vision: A world that honors, respects, and supports the lives of women and girls.
Its Values: To uphold the values of journalism by seeking the truth and reporting it, acting independently, and minimizing harm with accountability and transparency.
What It Does: Women’s eNews is an award-winning nonprofit news service covering issues of particular concern to women and providing women’s perspectives on public policy. With writers and readers around the globe, Women’s eNews’ audience stretches from New York City to New Delhi and all points between, reaching an estimated 2.5 million readers each year.

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‘LADIES WHO LUNCH FOR A CURE,’ Sam Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

admin — Wed, 15 May 2019 20:19:37 +0000

An Exciting Event Featuring Fashion Icon Dennis Basso
Hosted by Susan Gutfreund

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Lauren Lawrence

Pamela Morgan

Marion N. Waxman

Don Lemon of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon will emcee the event

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

12:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Fashion Show 1:30 PM

Catering: City Chef’s Catering

Wine: Palm Bay

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Proceeds to benefit the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

For more information:

www.waxmancancer.org/luncheon

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New Year, New You: January Detox

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:57:16 +0000

Event Description
Are you ready to say YES to a healthier you? Please join Amy Salman, Wellness Expert, on Tuesday, January 12th @ Rockefeller University from 6-8pm to learn more about our New Year’s detox program! We will begin with a light relaxation and meditation session with yoga guru, Pia Luchini, then Amy Salman & Lauren Gould will discuss the importance of reducing toxic foods and chemicals from your life. By fueling yourself with essential nutrients, you will start to experience exciting changes in your body and have the willpower to make better choices, feel more energized and reduce cravings. All you need to do is say YES & join us on January 12th. Healthy refreshments and snacks will be served courtesy of Juice Plus+ and Bite Me Naturals.

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Please register on eventbrite for your FREE ticket & to reserve your spot! Look forward to seeing you soon!

Healthy refreshments and snacks will be served courtesy of Juice Plus+ and Bite Me Naturals.

To your good health,
Transform30 is a program designed to eliminate toxins in your body. Toxins prevent your body from releasing fat (long term). T30 is NOT a quick fad diet, but a lifestyle change teaching you how your body reacts to certain foods. It is a 30 day KICK-START to healthier living.

In addition to our customer guide with recipes, shopping guide, meal plan, measurement tracker sheets, etc., the program also includes a daily regimen of Juice Plus capsules and the Complete shake (either one or two a day). After 30 days, it’s up to you how you want to continue, but you will have a 90 day supply of the capsules to continue as part of the maintenance plan.

You will also be added (if you want) to our VIBRANT private Facebook forum where others are on this journey as well. It’s a great place for each of us to support and encourage one another and celebrate our successes. We also share recipes and healthy tips.

You can review the program here, which is our online “brochure.” The Program is about $4-6/day depending on if you order the Complete Shake/Capsules/Bars or any combination. You drink 1-2 delicious no-brainer shakes a day, which you can have “on-the-go” or mix-up with extra goodies in a blender for more calories and fullness if you desire. Also you replace your vitamin regime – in case you have one – with safe, effective and clinically proven WHOLE FOOD capsules. This way you are flooding your body with WAY over 50 plants every day and that is a game changer as you can imagine! We also encourage and support additional lifestyle steps to improve your overall results; you can choose one or all of them…depending on how quickly you want results. The two I most highly recommend (and do) are reducing/eliminating dairy and gluten in your diet due to the extreme inflammation it creates in our bodies…but you get to choose and I will support you.

There is no fee for the program and support; you pay for your own whole food concentrated products though. (OPTIONAL: I also offer TWO coaching sessions your first month if you wish to take advantage of those.)

Dr. Mitra Ray, world-renowned Biochemist, is the Founder of Transform30 and the brain behind how/why this works – especially long-term. This is not just about weight-loss…it is SO much more than that on SO many levels of health. Here is a brief video that goes into the program a bit further and will help answer more detailed questions.

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The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention

admin — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:03:52 +0000

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.

The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
Marks its 10th Anniversary;
Continues Fight for Exceptional Healthcare for All

WHO WE ARE:
The Ralph Lauren Center is a Certified Diagnostic and Treatment Center, founded in 2003 in partnership with the Ralph Lauren Corporation, North General Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Our mission is to provide the highest quality cancer care and prevention to NYC’s underserved populations in a patient-focused setting. Located in Harlem, patients come from all five boroughs to receive treatment from our team of innovative and compassionate medical professionals. www.ralphlaurencenter.org

HOW YOU CAN HELP OR WE CAN HELP YOU:
If you are a patient in need of care or a physician looking to make a referral, please contact
The Ralph Lauren Center at 212-987-1777. Or, if you are interested in volunteering or making a contribution to support the Center’s services to New York’s neediest patients, please contact Leslie Rioux at 212-532-5372 and Darlene Nnanyelugoh.

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