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LI Fundraiser Nets $200K for Cancer Research

SOUTHAMPTON, NY-A major real estate industry turnout highlighted the annual Kites for a Cure event this past Memorial Day weekend.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on June 14, 2010

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SOUTHAMPTON, NY-More than 800 people took part in “Kites for a Cure,” a family kite-fly benefit held on Coopers Beach here over Memorial Day weekend. Rechler Equity Partners, Long Island’s largest owner of commercial real estate, acted as the primary sponsor for the event, which raised nearly $200,000 for Uniting Against Lung Cancer.

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Since its founding in 2001 as Joan’s Legacy: The Joan Scarangello Foundation, the organization has raised more than $6 million to fund research into lung cancer. Joan Scarangello, a journalist and non-smoker, lost her own battle with the disease at age 47.

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