Hope WALKS Here! 12 Years of walking for Breast Cancer on Long Island with the LI2DAY Walk

Why the LI2Day Walk is so important to the community…LI2DAY has raised nearly $6 MILLION in 11 years from the LI2Day Walk. LI2DAY has awarded $150,000 inscholarships to 60 students, a yearly breast cancer research grant to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and funded programs that have assisted over 145,000 Long Islanders. Through local grassroots organizations from Manhasset to Montauk, these programs assist with medical expenses, transportation, prosthetics and wigs, physical therapy, child care, research, education and more

About LI2DAY…Since LI2DAY’s inception in 2004, the organization has funded community-based programs that provide assistance to Long Islanders affected by breast cancer. Breast cancer does not discriminate. LI2DAY funded programs encompass multi-cultural, socioeconomic and age-specific populations such as those of young breast cancer survivors. The programs we have funded over the last 11 years have grown to include counseling services specifically designed for children and teens affected by their parent/guardian’s breast cancer, as well as Hospice programs that provide comfort and dignity to the patients and their families at the end-stage-of-life.And this year, LI2DAY will be funding programs to assist all cancers through our beneficiary organizations whose by-laws and funding permit them to do so. Together through these grass-roots organizations, LI2DAY is helping women, men, and their families have a fighting chance against breast cancer and all cancers.

For more information visit www.li2daywalk.org or email li2daymedia@verizon.net.

LI2DAY 13.1 WALK DETAILS: Date: June 13, 2015 Where: Smith Point County Park - Shirley

Nearly 500 Walkers, 150 Survivors, 75 Crew Members, countless volunteers, municipalities, community leaders and families will partake in the 12th Annual LI2Day Walk to Fight Breast Cancer and Other Cancers.

IMPORTANT TIMES AND PLACES:

Walker Sign-in: 6 AM in the DARE Area (across the street from the Main Parking Field)

Breakfast: 6 AM - 7 AM – in the DARE AREA

Opening Ceremony: 7 AM – in the DARE AREA

Walk Begins: 7:30 AM – from the DARE Area (refer to map for route)

Lunch: 10:30 AM - 12:13 PM – Smith Point Marina – parking in the Smith Point Main Parking Lot

Procession: 12:30 PM – Leaves the Smith Point Marina and proceeds over the bridge to Smith Point
County Park. – if you are planning on covering the Procession of you will need to park in the DARE Area where the showmobile is located no later than 12 noon as the road will close. This part of the event is the most impactful and offers you a great opportunity to interview survivors and walkers.

Closing Ceremony: 1:30 PM – Smith Point County Park Dare Area (across from the Main Parking Field)

ROAD CLOSURE AT 12:30 PM

Southbound lanes of William Floyd Parkway over the bridge to the beach will close at 12:30 P.M. until the procession reaches the DARE Area. Anyone coming to watch the final procession should arrive before noon.

DIRECTIONS: From the LIE: Take exit 68 - William Floyd Parkway SOUTH all the way to the end. Follow signs for Main Parking Field. Look for LI2DAY Signs. From Sunrise Highway: Take exit 58 SOUTH William Floyd Parkway all the way to the end. Follow signs for Main Parking Field. Look for LI2DAY Signs.