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Donor Wall

  • Jennifer Manukian March 2023 $250.00
  • James Connolly March 2023 $250.00
  • Keith Bowles Much love and gratitude to a great man and his dedication to our children! March 2023 $500.00
  • Gregg Miller March 2023 $500.00
  • Luciana Patterson March 2023 $50.00
  • Amy & Neil McGoldrick Thank you, Dr. Weinblatt, for many decades of skilled, compassionate care for your pediatric patients. Enjoy retirement, and God bless you! Neil & Amy McGoldrick February 2023 $1,000.00
  • Charlie's Champions Foundation Thank you Dr Weinblatt for all you have done for our family..we will always be grateful!! February 2023 $1,000.00
  • David Dillmeier March 2023 $515.00
  • Shepard Poole March 2023 $515.00
  • Paul Le Sueur Legacy Foundation February 2023 $515.00

THANK YOU SPONSORS!

More about I'm Not Done Yet

I’m Not Done Yet was founded in memory of Bobby Menges, an active member of the GCHS Class of 2015, and who died in 2017 after a lifelong battle with cancer.  Bobby was an engaged member of the overall community as a fundraiser and an advocate for many causes. 

Approximately 90,000 patients ages 15-39 are diagnosed with cancer each year, and this adolescent and young adult (AYA) demographic has been historically underserved.  Bobby observed and lived this during his third and final cancer diagnosis at the age of 18 while a freshman at Duke.  The mission of I’m Not Done Yet is to fill that void by funding AYA cancer research, fertility services, peer-to-peer support and connection, adventure experiences, appropriate treatment spaces, and participating in AYA cancer advocacy and education. I’m Not Done Yet is based in Garden City and provides support for local AYA cancer patients and survivors at NYU Langone - Mineola (formerly Winthrop) as well as to patients across the country.

We are determined to continue Bobby's legacy by supporting AYA cancer patients and survivors as they live their lives as fully as possible.  We are grateful for your support - we couldn't do it without you!

For more information, visit www.imnotdoneyetfoundation.org EIN: 82-5036779

Monday, March 6, 2023

Challenger Basketball game - 3:30 pm

Doors open at 3 - bake sale, baskets, more!!

Garden City High School

100% of the proceeds will benefit the NYU Langone - LI Cancer Center for Kids

Hoops for Hope 2022 - Ed Rotondo Photography

Over 45 Prize Baskets - something for everyone!

$1 per ticket, $20 for 25 tickets! 

New baskets added daily!

Contact Liz Menges to purchase tickets if you can't attend - efmenges131@gmail.com

Amazing Baskets!

About Hoops for Hope

Hoops for Hope is an event run by Michael and Katherine O'Hanlon, conceived of four years ago their older brother, Tim, and features the Garden City High School/Middle School Challenger Basketball team. The goal of Hoops for Hope is to help  bring attention and fans to the Challenger athletes, and the Challenger program in general.

The event incorporates the entire community: the basketball team, cheerleaders, kick line, high school musicians and various student clubs. Sponsors from all over Garden City (and beyond) support the event, and on game day, there are many volunteers from both the high school and the middle school (a great opportunity for community service hours) assisting with raffles, the bake sale, music, photography, buddies of the Challenger players, and more. Students from the primary schools through the high school attend the event, as do many community members who no longer have children in the schools.

Hoops for Hope has become a big success: the most important part of the event is having the gym full of spectators of every age to watch and cheer for the players and knowing that the Challenger players and their families are excited and proud to be the highlight of the day.

Hoops for Hope is also a charitable event:  the proceeds will support I'm Not Done Yet's programs for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients and survivors at NYU Langone - Mineola (formerly Winthrop).

Tribute to Dr. Mark Weinblatt, Chief of the Cancer Center for Kids

Mark Weinblatt, MD, chief of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at the NYU Langone LI Cancer Center for Kids is retiring after nearly 50 years of practice.

The warmth and hope that Dr. Weinblatt provides to  his young patients and their families - not to mention world-class pediatric cancer treatment - cannot be overstated.  His ties are silly, the rooms are fun, his personality is goofy - anything to alleviate the stresses of a cancer diagnosis (and too often, diagnoses).

"The worst thing in the whole world is to have a child diagnosed with cancer and to watch them suffer.  Dr. Weinblatt made it ok, and for that, I will always be grateful."  -- ETF, mom

Thank you, Dr. Weinblatt, for all the lives you saved and the children you cared for and treated as your own.  Your compassionate care and leadership during the years you were at the CCFK will always be appreciated and never forgotten.  Your patients, their families, your colleagues, and the community will miss you!

Make a gift to the CCFK on behalf of Dr. Weinblatt

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