Rotary Luncheon Recap
Emilie Schneider

Good food and good friends was the theme at the Rotary Club of Huntington’s and the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition’s annual luncheon for breast cancer awareness month.

Every October members organize a spectacular event at a star restaurant in town where many business people in the community come to express their support and enjoy a delicious meal with friends.

Attendees heard the exceptional accomplishments of the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition this year. These accomplishments include the recent launch of Mount Sinai’s Center for Excellence in Children’s Environmental Health at North Shore Medical Group in Huntington and the unanimous passing of the Toxin Free Toddlers and Babies Act.

The children’s center was established to provide families with consultations and referrals for their children who are diagnosed with diseases that are possibly linked to environmental toxins. The Toxin Free Toddlers and Babies Act can help to diminish the number of these cases because it makes Suffolk County the first BPA-free jurisdiction in the nation.

HBCAC is also proud of four local high school students from the Students & Scientists Environmental Research Scholarship Program who will be presenting their respective research about the role of environmental exposure and human health at the sixth annual Early Environmental Exposures conference in California next month.

“These are among a few of our highlights,” said Karen Miller, president and founder of HBCAC.

She said she is forever grateful to the Rotarians and others who attended the luncheon and for their commitment to HBCAC.

The Rotary Club also presented HBCAC with a generous donation and administered a raffle which will help to support Miller’s programs.

Finnegan, Karen Miller, and Ruthie Bergmann, Townwide Fund of Huntington	Andrew Ellsworth, Pres., Karen Miller, and Tom Finnegan