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Last year, the Long Island Beauty Ball for Cancer Care hosted by the Mondays at Racine Foundation attracted 900 attendees and raised a whopping $230,000.
The Racine ladies are at it again. The 2017 Beauty Ball is set for Oct. 30 at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury from 6-10 p.m.
The night features interactive experiences, entertainment and education to raise awareness about cancer care in New York.
“Seeing leaders in the health and beauty industries, along with business owners across Long Island, come together at The Long Island Beauty Ball in support of elevating cancer care, confirms that we are on the right path in creating great change in how we take care of people going through this devastating disease,” said Karla Waldron, executive director of Mondays at Racine.
“This event has captured the essence of the Mondays at Racine mission and gives us the ability to provide these essential programs to more communities throughout Long Island
and New York.”
The Mondays at Racine Cancer Care Foundation was jumpstarted by the 2013 Oscar-nominated HBO documentary Mondays at Racine.
The foundation was founded by Cynthia Sansone and Rachel DeMolfetto.
The sisters had already been inviting women undergoing cancer treatment to their Racine Salon in Islip for a decade on Mondays — when the salon is closed — so they could have the place to themselves. And then HBO came knocking. (See trailer below.)
Hair salons, spas and wellness centers across Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester have since partnered with the Mondays program to offer salon care for cancer patients on Mondays or other nights.
Proceeds from the event enable Mondays at Racine to continue to maintain and grow their Charter Salon program, reads an event announcement, “all in support of the overall mission to reduce the physical, emotional and cosmetic side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.”
Tickets start at $100 each. Click here to purchase and for additional details.
