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By Rosie Cunningham
STAMFORD-More than 125 walkers turned out this past Saturday at Audiosears Corp. for the Fourth Annual Pancreatic Research Cancer Walk in honor of Audiosears employees who have passed, or are currently afflicted with the life threatening disease. More than $6,500 was raised and will be donated to Lustgarten Foundation, an organizations whose mission is to advance the scientific and medical research related to the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of pancreatic cancer.
Registration was at 10 a.m. and the walk kicked off at 11 a.m. The walk was 1 mile or 5 kilometers, up and down Main Street towards the north side of town.
The cancer research walk hit home for the leading domestic manufacturer of standard handsets, headsets, and component parts for telephone applications. Five years ago at the age of 69, employee Anna Mattice, passed away from pancreatic cancer and her brother Johnny Stiber who also worked at the corporation, passed away from pancreatic cancer as well. Current employee Paulette Mattice, is in the fourth stage of the cancer as well. Participants geared up to walk, checking out the Chinese auction site, 50/50 raffle and enjoyed vendors selling jewelry, goods or visited the face painters. Walkers wore signs with the words “I am walking in honor of Paulette Mattice” on their backs.
Maureen O’Connor accountant at the corporation, said an audiosears team helped coordinate the event and a canister was passed about the work place for monetary donations.
“A girl at work, Arlene George, made shirts for today and donated some proceeds from the shirts to the funds as well,” she said.
Sheila Alvaro of Clifton Park, who lost mother Anna Mattice five falls ago, said the season was her mother’s favorite. Alvaro and family, with the help of Audiosears staff, began the annual walk in honor of Mattice.
“Every year after the event, my family and I go to the cemetery and release balloons to her,” she said.
Alvaro explained the tragedy of pancreatic cancer which is the fourth leading cause of cancer in the United States.
“There is no early testing for it and there are no symptoms until it’s too late. Very few survive and there are four stages (four being the last stage). You can get it from smoking and it is hereditary,” she said.
Alvaro grew up in the area and attended Gilboa-Conesville Central School. She said her mother worked at Audiosears for 33 years. Mattice grew up in Jefferson and later moved to Bleinheim. The woman who Alvaro described as “an absolutely amazing,” had eleven children, eight of whom were in attendance Saturday.
“The company (Audiosears) has been wonderful,” she said. “They’ve been very helpful letting us use parking, electricity and anything we need. They also donated flowers from Stamford Greenhouse,” she said.
Alvaro said she was pleased with the results of the day.
“It was excellent; the biggest attended event so far in the four years. It was very nice to see everyone come out for it,” she said.
In the United States, cancer of the pancreas is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women. In 2008, about 38,000 patients were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Almost all patients with pancreatic cancer are older than 55 years (90 percent), and more than 70 percent are older than 65 years. Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer can also occur in younger people, especially those who have a family history of the disease. Today, better diagnostic tests and newer treatments are beginning to change these statistics and provide a more optimistic future for patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
To learn more about pancreatic cancer and the Lustgarten Foundation visit www.lustgarten.org.
Registration was at 10 a.m. and the walk kicked off at 11 a.m. The walk was 1 mile or 5 kilometers, up and down Main Street towards the north side of town.
The cancer research walk hit home for the leading domestic manufacturer of standard handsets, headsets, and component parts for telephone applications. Five years ago at the age of 69, employee Anna Mattice, passed away from pancreatic cancer and her brother Johnny Stiber who also worked at the corporation, passed away from pancreatic cancer as well. Current employee Paulette Mattice, is in the fourth stage of the cancer as well. Participants geared up to walk, checking out the Chinese auction site, 50/50 raffle and enjoyed vendors selling jewelry, goods or visited the face painters. Walkers wore signs with the words “I am walking in honor of Paulette Mattice” on their backs.
Maureen O’Connor accountant at the corporation, said an audiosears team helped coordinate the event and a canister was passed about the work place for monetary donations.
“A girl at work, Arlene George, made shirts for today and donated some proceeds from the shirts to the funds as well,” she said.
Sheila Alvaro of Clifton Park, who lost mother Anna Mattice five falls ago, said the season was her mother’s favorite. Alvaro and family, with the help of Audiosears staff, began the annual walk in honor of Mattice.
“Every year after the event, my family and I go to the cemetery and release balloons to her,” she said.
Alvaro explained the tragedy of pancreatic cancer which is the fourth leading cause of cancer in the United States.
“There is no early testing for it and there are no symptoms until it’s too late. Very few survive and there are four stages (four being the last stage). You can get it from smoking and it is hereditary,” she said.
Alvaro grew up in the area and attended Gilboa-Conesville Central School. She said her mother worked at Audiosears for 33 years. Mattice grew up in Jefferson and later moved to Bleinheim. The woman who Alvaro described as “an absolutely amazing,” had eleven children, eight of whom were in attendance Saturday.
“The company (Audiosears) has been wonderful,” she said. “They’ve been very helpful letting us use parking, electricity and anything we need. They also donated flowers from Stamford Greenhouse,” she said.
Alvaro said she was pleased with the results of the day.
“It was excellent; the biggest attended event so far in the four years. It was very nice to see everyone come out for it,” she said.
In the United States, cancer of the pancreas is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women. In 2008, about 38,000 patients were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Almost all patients with pancreatic cancer are older than 55 years (90 percent), and more than 70 percent are older than 65 years. Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer can also occur in younger people, especially those who have a family history of the disease. Today, better diagnostic tests and newer treatments are beginning to change these statistics and provide a more optimistic future for patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
To learn more about pancreatic cancer and the Lustgarten Foundation visit www.lustgarten.org.
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