Hunter Squires Jackson American Legion Post 1218 Auxiliary and Suffolk County American Legion Auxiliary will co-sponsor a Cancer Awareness and Prevention Luncheon.

This year’s topic is “Colo-Rectal Cancer Awareness and Prevention” and our speakers will be Dr. Paul Mustacchia and Professor Nancy Camp. The proceeds from this luncheon will go to a “Colonoscopy Patient Assistance Fund” at Nassau University Medical Center located in East Meadow, New York in memory of, Harry Jackson, a veteran’s advocate who died of colo-rectal cancer.

The “Colo-Rectal Cancer Awareness and Prevention Luncheon” is scheduled for Saturday, March 24, 2007 at the Hunter Squire Jackson Post 1218, which is located at 133 Dixon Ave. Amityville, New York 11701.  Tickets are $10.00 for lunch; lunch is free to anyone who is a cancer survivor or is currently being treated for cancer.  Please call for complimentary tickets. We will also Raffle Corporate and Privately Donated Prizes.

In addition, there will be a second event simultaneously - A Blood Drive in memory of Harry Jackson.  The Red Cross will have Blood Mobiles in the adjacent parking lot and will triage donors in the small hall Saturday March 24, 2007 from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

For more information on both events,
please call
(631) 789-1740 or visit www.post1218.org