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Committee Finalizes Plans for 10th Annual Nancy McCormick Volleyball Tournament

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Committee members met recently to finalize plans for the 10th Annual Nancy McCormick Volleyball Tournament that will take place on Saturday, May 28, 2016. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Dunmore High School.

The tournament is hosted each year at Dunmore High School during Memorial Day Weekend by a group of family and friends of the late Nancy McCormick.  Nancy was a teacher, loving wife, and mother of five who died from colon cancer.

A portion of proceeds from the tournament supports the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute’s Patient Navigation Program. The Patient Navigation Program helps low income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals in northeast Pennsylvania receive necessary breast, cervical, and colon cancer screenings.

To date, the tournament has raised approximately $30,500 for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute.  The Cancer Institute invests 100% of its resources locally.

For more information on this event, please visit nancy-mccormick-memorial.ticketleap.com.

From left to right: Karen Saunders, president of the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute;  and Nancy McCormick Committee members- Frank Rainey, Jan Needham, Adam McCormick, Cara Zayac McCormick, Calin Ann Jude McCormick and Shamus McCormick.

Committee members absent from photo: Ann Tomasello, Colleen Ross, Margy Rainey and Erin Kreis.

Fidelity Bank Makes Donation Komen Gala for the Cure

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Pictured from left are Mary Marrara, Mary Kay Warner; Daniel J. Santaniello, President & CEO, Fidelity Bank, and event co-chairs: Joann Marsili and Paula Mackarey.

Pictured from left are Mary Marrara, Mary Kay Warner; Daniel J. Santaniello, President & CEO, Fidelity Bank, and event co-chairs: Joann Marsili and Paula Mackarey.

Daniel J. Santaniello, President and CEO of Fidelity Bank, recently presented the committee members for the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s upcoming Gala for the Cure with a $5,000 donation.  The Gala for the Cure will be held on Friday, Oct. 9 at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

The gala is a celebration honoring the organization’s 25 years of the Northeast Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, one of the longest running affiliates in the nation.  Its goal is to raise funds to provide breast health education, breast cancer early detection screening and treatment services to 19 counties in Northeast PA. To date, nearly $4 million has been given locally for services.

“Komen NEPA helps fund services, education and treatment, to uninsured local women and men in need,” stated event co-chair Joann Marsili, Vice President, Director of Marketing and Sales at Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank. “So many lives have been touched by this awful disease, I am very proud to be part of an organization like Fidelity Bank that realizes the importance and the great need that is fulfilled by Komen NEPA in our area and we so grateful to all of our other sponsors who have generously supported this cause.” added Marsili.

Fidelity Bank has built a strong history as trusted advisors to the customers served, and is proud to be an active member of the community of Northeastern Pennsylvania. With 11 branches located throughout Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties, Fidelity Bank offers full-service Trust & Investment Departments, a Mortgage center, and an array of personal and business banking products and services. The Bank provides 24 hour, seven day a week service to customers through branch offices, online at www.bankatfidelity.com, and through the Customer Care Center at 800-388-4380.

“Judi H. Rock On 5” Set for September 27th

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On December 14, 2007, Judi Perry Hartridge passed away at the age of 45 after a year-long battle with cancer.  Judi left behind her husband of 20 years and their five-year-old son.  To honor Judi’s memory, family and friends formed a committee called “Judi H. Rock On” to raise funds to fight the disease that claimed her life.

Since Judi was a life-long resident of Dunmore, it was decided that all proceeds raised by the committee’s efforts would be donated to the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, a community organization dedicated to easing the burden of cancer in our region through hospital and practice support services, surveillance and community and patient services.

Thanks to the generosity of local businesses and friends, over the past four years Judi H. Rock On has raised over $180,000, which includes matching funds in support of local cancer services.

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The committee will host, Judi H. Rock On 5, a dance party and raffle from  5-10 p.m. on September 27 at the St. Mary’s Center in Scranton. The event will feature live music from three legendary bands: Paul LaBelle and the Exact Change, Old Friends, and the Gene Dempsey Orchestra, along with singer/songwriters Janice Gambo Chesna and Tony Vergnetti.

Jim “Bucky” Buckley will be honored at the event as the recipient of the third Music Lifetime Achievement Award. The ticket price of $25 includes a night of fantastic music and refreshments as well as entry into a raffle. Raffle prizes include a Mount Airy one night stay with tickets to see “The Stylistics” concert and a gift card for dinner, an Apple iPad, and a one-year gym membership. A cash bar will also be available at the event.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the Cancer Institute at (1-800) 424-6724 or by visitingwww.judihrockon.com.  Tickets can also be purchased at the door the day of the event.

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The Judi H. Memorial Fund is a grass roots music industry organization whose objective is to raise awareness and detection as well as donate 100% of raffle sales to funding and supporting research into women’s cancers. It applies the significant but voluntary resources of music industry partners and friends.

The organization supports research into prevention, detection and early characterization of cancer “hot spots” in Northeast Pennsylvania and surrounding regions, in memory of the beloved Judi H., whose warm and kind presence was simply too brief.