Carolyn Gusoff to speak at Pink Aid's Fifth Annual LI Fundraiser

Pink Aid Long Island Announces this year's Fifth Annual Fashion Show - Luncheon

Guest Speaker is Carolyn Gusoff WCBS

Long Island has had a long-term love affair with Carolyn Gusoff. For more than thirty years this involved reporter has been covering breaking news that impacts our lives. Pink Aid is so proud to have this esteemed media professional as our guest speaker at this year’s Celebration of Life Fashion Show & Luncheon on October 17th. As a reporter Carolyn has covered some of the most high-profile news stories in the New York metropolitan area. As a two-time breast cancer survivor, she has put her powerful voice to use inspiring and educating women. First diagnosed in 2005 and again in 2012, Carolyn believes early detection and proactive health awareness saved her life. With a deep conviction that we are here to leave the world better than we found it, Carolyn feels that she has a responsibility to look beyond ourselves and work toward a common good.

So, where did cancer fit in? It was something she didn't have control over. “Like a roller coaster, I had to grit my teeth through the bad parts eager for the ride to be over to refocus on a greater mission. I can't control the ride but I can control my attitude. And I can control what I learn from the dips. Live and learn.” Her courage and positive outlook are only part of why we are so thrilled Carolyn will join us this year as Pink Aid continues to raise funds so that all women can benefit from the opportunity for early detection, treatment and a return to living life fully.

As the face of the Long Island beat for CBS New York since 2012, her efforts have earned her three New York Emmy Awards and 15 Emmy nominations. Prior to CBS, Gusoff reported on-air at Fox5 WNYW where she often covered the lead story of the day on Good Day New York. For 15 years prior to that, she was WNBC’s Long Island Bureau Chief, five years of which she also co-anchored the station’s top-rated “Weekend Today in New York.” Gusoff’s broadcasting career began on-air at the ABC affiliate, WEVU-TV in Fort Myers Florida. She quickly moved to News 12 Long Island where she anchored and reported on national stories such as the Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafuoco scandal, the United Nations during the Persian Gulf conflict and national political conventions.

Her reporting over the last three decades includes some of the seminal news events of our time from the terror attacks on September 11^th and the Long Island Rail Road massacre in 1993. Carolyn reported tirelessly on the devastation wrecked by Hurricane Sandy and nearly every major weather event to strike the New York area in the last 30 plus years. She was one of the first reporters on the scene at three commercial jetliner crashes that impacted the region including Avianca Flight 52, TWA Flight 800 and American Airlines Flight 587.

As a New York Times best-selling author from her book collaboration with kidnapping victim Katie Beers entitled Buried Memories to a more recent effort “37%,” a gripping CBS2 feature-length documentary on a school district with a 37% graduation rate, Carolyn is always looking at new ways to reach people.

In additional to her Emmys, Carolyn has garnered dozens of FOLIO awards, been recognized by The American Women in Radio and Television, and is a recipient of The Associated Press Award and the United Press International/New York Broadcast Award.

Gusoff holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and English from Cornell University, where she was Editor-in Chief of The Cornellian. Carolyn was a U.S. Congressional intern for then Senator Joe Biden and U.S Senator Alfonse D’Amato. Gusoff lives in Nassau County with her husband and they have two grown children. Currently devoting much of her time in leadership roles for local community organizations, Carolyn likes to say she has survived cancer and working motherhood (so far). She fits in biking, gardening and photography-- when she’s not on deadline.

Pink Aid helps underserved Long Island women survive breast cancer treatment with support and dignity. Offering grants to support programs that provide services including free breast cancer screenings plus funds to help cover non-medical expenses such as food cards, household bills, wigs, recovery garments, transportation for patients undergoing treatment and so many other daily expenses. Taking some of the financial burden away from patients allows them to focus on survival. By providing screenings to women in financial need the hope is to detect the disease at its earliest stage. Some of the programs Pink Aid supports are established hospital foundations and national non-profits, while others are smaller grass roots organizations.