How to resolve AdBlock issue? “We make an effort to keep the money local and have three different organizations we donate the funds to," said firefighter Jason Yourdon. “Everyone gets on board and we do our best to get the word out and raise the money for these organizations.”
The firefighters and Impressions of Saratoga kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is October, with a check presentation to “Kelly’s Angels,” the recipient of all profits from the 2012 firefighters T-shirt sales.
“We were able to give Mark Mulholland of ‘Kelly’s Angels’ a check for $1,900 from last years sales,” continued Yourdon.
The 2013 campaign is being kicked off with a newly designed T-shirt featuring the Spirit of Life from Congress Park.
“We updated the design and are centering it on the Spirit of Life—it is the main icon representing life in Saratoga,” continued Yourdon.
The new T-shirts will be available this week through the end of the month at Impressions of Saratoga, 368 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. All proceeds from this year’s sale will benefit “To Life!” a nonprofit organization founded by breast cancer survivor, Mara Ginsberg, in 1998.
With offices in Saratoga Springs and Delmar, To Life! serves a 10-county region in and around the Capital Region of Upstate New York and provides personalized breast cancer education and support services at a time needed most to women and their families. According to their website, their mission is to educate the community about breast cancer detection, treatments and health-related matters as well as provide support services to breast cancer patients, caregivers, family and friends.
Another organization helped by the fundraisers is Floyd Warriors, started by Lisa Morahan who not only lost her mom to breast cancer, but was diagnosed with it herself in 2008.
“The day my surgeon told me I definitely had cancer, he assured [me] there were a lot of support groups available,” writes Morahan on her website. “My immediate reaction was, ‘but who is going to come in
and put food on my table, clean and take care of my husband and baby?’ He said nothing like that, as far as he knew, existed.”
So she started Floyd Warriors, a not-for-profit that helps the families of those dealing with cancer.
“My hope is every family dealing with cancer treatment has food in the fridge, a clean bathroom and a child who is being cared for in order to rest and get well, and who knows what else,” she continued.
WNYT-TV reporter, Mark Mulholland, in memory of his late wife, Kelly, who lost her battle with cancer in 2007 when she was only 37-years-old, started Kelly’s Angels.
The organization focuses on the children who lose a parent or principal caregiver to the disease by providing donations and gifts.
According to their website, the donations, called “fun grants,” allow children to do a fun activity of their choosing, such as a trip to a major league baseball game, a backyard bouncy house party or a visit to an amusement park.
Impressions will also be selling the 2013 shirts at the Saratoga Springs Firefighters Open House on October 12 from 1—4 p.m., 60 Lake Avenue.
Look for your Saratoga Springs firefighters wearing pink throughout the month of October and get you newly designed 2013 SSFD shirt at Impressions of Saratoga.
To learn more about the organizations’ visit their website: Saratoga Springs Fire Department – www.iaff343.org; To Life! – www.tolife.org; Floyd’s Warriors – www.floydwarriors.com; and Kelly’s Angels – www.kellysangelsinc.org.
