Town
of Huntington
News Release from the Town of Huntington
Council Office · 100 Main St. · Huntington,
NY 11743-6991
(Pictured:
Councilman Mark Cuthbertson and fellow Town Board
Members along with Gianna Costa and Ron Cohen, representing
The NephCure Foundation.)
Councilman Cuthbertson Recognizes Two Extraordinary
Leaders
For Their Commitment To Find The Cure.
Huntington, NY- Councilman Mark
Cuthbertson and his fellow Town Board Members presented
proclamations to Gianna Costa, a junior at Walt Whitman
High School and Ron Cohen of The NephCure Foundation
for their combined fundraising efforts in finding the
cures of two incurable kidney diseases.
The NephCure
Foundation, which was established in 1999, is the
only organization solely committed in finding the
cures for both Nephrotic Syndrome and Focal Segmental
Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). At NephCure’s
annual “Countdown to a Cure” event, Gianna
was able to help the foundation secure over $500,000**
in donations and was awarded NephCure’s first-ever “Spirit” award
for her ongoing battle with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis,
which she was diagnosed with at the age of 13.
**collected in donations. For the full story, please click here.
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