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The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute’s Cancer Survivors Day Planning Committee have finalized plans for the 24th annual Cancer Survivors Day-Honoring, Remembering, Sharing. Cancer survivors, patients, caregivers, oncology medical professionals and healthcare professionals, family and friends or any individual affected by a cancer diagnosis in northeast Pennsylvania are invited to attend Annual Cancer Survivors Day hosted by the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute.

This year, participants can choose between two locations and dates for the events. Cancer Survivors Day will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre and Saturday, Sep. 24, at McDade Park in Scranton. Both events will take place from 10am – 12pm.

Each event will include the Circle of Survivors, an activity where those in attendance will be able to share a thought or inspirational message about their cancer experience. Additionally, there will be a survivor’s banner, survivor and caregiver ribbons & pins, program booklets, musical performances and light refreshments.

To register for the event, or for more information, please call the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute at (570) 941-7984 or www.cancernepa.org. There is no registration fee although pre-registration is requested.

This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute. The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is a nonprofit community-based agency serving seven counties in northeast Pennsylvania with offices located in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Focusing on surveillance, community and patient services, and hospital and practice support services, the Cancer Institute invests 100% of its resources locally.

Pictured: The 2016 Cancer Survivors Day Planning Committee members stand beside a quilt donated by Linda Gearhart, in honor of her brother, Jackson Gearheart, which inspired the sunflower theme of “what cancer cannot do” for Survivors Day events.

Shown from left are: Amanda Marchegiani, community relations coordinator at the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute; Fran Jud, Circle of Survivors McDade Park spokesperson; Curt Stevens, and Mary Ann Eastman.

The Scranton Fringe Festival, dedicated to creating a bold and engaging platform for creative and thought-provoking art with minimal risk to artist and audience, is set for Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.

Regional as well as touring artists will be welcomed to present work with no censorship placed on content or artistic expression while striving to promote Scranton as a viable and creative environment.

The Scranton Fringe Festival is held annually across four days in multiple venues throughout downtown Scranton. Theatre, music, dance, film, comedy, puppetry and every other sort of performing-arts-production you can imagine are welcomed on the fringe. The festival is kept accessible and affordable for artists (no application fees, little to no production fees) and audiences (special free programming, affordable tickets, hopper passes, etc).

Scranton Fringe was co-founded by Conor O’Brien, current executive director, and Elizabeth Bohan, current managing director. The 2016 Board of Directors also includes: Attorney Frank Blasi, Lorrie Loughney, Chantel Mitchell, Camille Reinecke, Kim Pane and Melissa Careista. Scranton Fringe Festival’s mission is deemed non-profit.

Scranton Fringe celebrated its first festival in October 2015 to great success. With 47 productions spanning nearly 100 individual performances, and approximately 3,000 in attendance, Scranton Fringe has proven itself to be a major event in the cultural landscape of NEPA.

For information on the schedule and venues, go to http://www.scrantonfringe.org.