2 Cancer Nonprofits Teaming Up For Centerport Blood Drive: Info

CENTERPORT, NY — Maggie's Mission and Corey's Promise, two cancer charities based in the Huntington area, are teaming up for a blood drive scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 12 in Centerport, the organizations announced.

The drive is slated for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 12 in the community room of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, at 53 Prospect Road, Centerport.

"Help us save lives in honor of Corey Phelan and Maggie Schmidt, two Harborfields students who tragically lost their lives to pediatric cancer," the flyer reads.

One donation can save up to three lives, according to the charities, which are organizing the drive for the New York Blood Center.

More than one million people each year are diagnosed with cancer for the first time, the charities wrote. Patients fighting cancer need more blood than patients fighting any other disease, using nearly one-quarter of the nation's blood supply, they wrote.

Maggie's Mission is dedicated to raising awareness for pediatric cancers, funding cutting-edge research that will improve outcomes for children with cancer around the world, and providing assistance to families and children currently affected.

Corey's Promise strives to help families offset the financial burdens they endure during their child's cancer diagnosis while raising awareness for pediatric cancer.