Island Free Press - March 25, 2010
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Cancer Foundation’s annual dance is a celebration of
10 years of ‘caring and sharing’
….WITH SLIDE SHOW

By IRENE NOLAN






















The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s 10th annual spring dance and fundraiser on Saturday night, March 20, at the Hatteras Civic Center was billed as a “toast to 10 years of sharing and caring.”

The dress was “Black-tie, Hatteras-style” for this 10-year milestone.

The foundation, which assists island cancer patients with their medical costs and travel expenses for cancer treatment, was founded by Hatteras Islander Laney Howell in late 2000. 

The first dance was in March, 2001.

Laney died later that year of breast cancer, but the tradition and the organization she started survives, continuing the work she started here.

The gala 10-year celebration lived up to its billing both as a “toast” and as “black-tie, Hatteras-style.”

About 150 partygoers started arriving at the civic center at about 6 p.m. to enjoy several hours of socializing and dining before the 360 band started playing, shortly after 8.

The civic center was decked out appropriately and cleverly for the “toasting” with big slices of “toast” and champagne bottles hanging from the ceiling and centerpieces on the tables of toasters and wine buckets with floral touches, including lots of red roses. Lights were strung around the room and a slide show of almost 500 pictures of the foundation’s 10 years played non-stop in a front corner.

There was a champagne fountain for toasting, and the food was, as usual, plentiful and delicious. There was no “toast” on the food tables.

A table of appetizers and hors d’oeuvres was laden with steamed shrimp, oysters Rockefeller, a cheese and fruit platter, and other goodies.

On the main food table, diners could choose from dishes that included a roast beef au jus, chicken salad, mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat, Greek salad, pasta salad, grilled chicken wings with a spicy rub, and steamed green beans with an Asian-style sauce.

Much of the food was prepared by Outriggers Bar and Grill, a new restaurant about to open in Hatteras.

The desert table was a real attention getter.  It featured three cakes, prepared and donated by Island Perks.  Each cake was three big layers and was topped with a replica of three lighthouses – Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras, and Ocracoke.  The cakes were decorated with edible white chocolate seashells.

The “black-tie, Hatteras style” dress code brought folks in everything from jeans to tuxedos – and every style in between.

Many of the men and women were elegantly dressed in cocktail attire.  And then you had partygoers in waders, board shorts and black tie, and women in fancy dresses with fishing boots, also affectionately known locally as Wanchese “bedroom slippers” or Wanchese “go-go boots.”

“We certainly had a cross-section of attendees from young to senior, tuxedoed to waders, dancers to watchers,” said Judy Banks, president of the HICF board. “Many cancer survivors attended and most island businesses were represented either by donating food and beverages or by attending.”

Banks said the foundation had not yet tallied the amount of money that was raised, but, in addition to ticket sales, at $50 each, a 50-50 raffle brought in $740 and a silent auction brought more than $1,000.

“As always, the Hatteras Island community is unwavering in its generosity and support for what the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation does for cancer survivors,” Banks said. “We would not be able to do what we do without that support.”
 
For more information on the cancer foundation, go to www.hicf.org

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Island Free Press - October 12, 2009
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Sixth annual Fun Run raises almost $4,000 for cancer patients

By JORDAN TOMBERLIN

The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation had its sixth annual Fun Run on Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, and more than 100 people came out to run or walk the 3.1-mile race, eat delicious food, listen to music, and support the foundation’s cause.

The weather was beautiful, and though the day was uncharacteristically warm for October, a light breeze kept participants cool as they headed up Highway 12 from the museum, looped around Eagle Pass Road, then headed back down the highway, passing by the marinas, on their way back to the museum.

It wasn’t very long after they had all taken off that the first runners started to trickle in.

A mere 18 minutes and 45 seconds after he left, Keith Gray, owner of Diamond Shoals Restaurant in Buxton, crossed the finish line. Gray is becoming the annual winner of the annual event, and this year’s race was no exception. He took home first place in the men’s group and a $50 gift certificate to Breakwater restaurant.

“So far I’ve been lucky,” Gray humbly said of winning the race each year. “I know there are some runners in Nags Head that could beat me if they came down here.”

The next two finishers were Michael Pierce of Avon,  who is currently training for a marathon, and Bob Spangler, also of Avon, a chemistry teacher at Cape Hatteras Secondary School (as well as the school’s cross-country coach), and a seasoned runner.

Those two received prizes for second and third place overall, with Pierce taking home a $25 gift card to Rocco’s and Spangler leaving with a $25 gas card to Island Convenience.

First place in the women’s group went to Lianne O’Neal, who won a $50 gift certificate to Breakwater.  Though she had never participated in the fun run before, O’Neal, a Hatteras village resident and avid runner, said she was familiar with the route.

First place in the kids’ division went to 13-year-old Patrick O’Neal, a member of the CHSS cross-country team and the son of first-place women’s finisher Lianne O’Neal.

O’Neal was cheered on by his coach, third-place finisher Spangler, as he crossed the finish line.

Spangler had encouraged his team to participate in the event. “I told them I’d pay for their first race,” he said, and about five of them took him up on the offer.

While O’Neal finished first, his teammates weren’t too far behind him, and Spangler, of course, was there for each of them, with high-fives, water bottles, and sage advice, as they crossed the finish line.

After the race, participants and onlookers took advantage of barbecue pork made from scratch by Dee and Darrin Callahan, using pigs that they and Rob Shay had purchased for the event, as well as seafood chowder from Coastal Blue, the winner of last year’s Day at the Docks chowder cook-off.

Chuck Ponalog, who plays at Little Grove Baptist Church, provided music for the event, and there was also a climbing wall, brought down and set up by Kitty Hawk Kites, that the kids (apparently not tired, even after running three miles) scaled over and over.

In the end, the event raised almost $4,000 for the foundation, including $42 that young entrepreneurs Hannah Barnett and Claudia Caldwell raised at their lemonade stand and donated to the foundation. 

Since its inception, the foundation has put more than $400,000 into the community, helping cancer-stricken individuals and their families pay for medical care and drugs not covered by insurance and long-distance travel for treatment.

“The Cancer Foundation would like to thank everyone for coming out and supporting those in the community who are struggling with cancer,” said Donna Barnett, a foundation board member. “We would also like to thank all the businesses that donated to the event,” she added.

“We couldn’t do what we do without the generous and unwavering support of this great community.”


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SPONSORS OF FUN RUN 2009
Askin's Creek BP Station  
Lee Robinson General Store
Teach's Island Bar and Grill
Islander Gifts
Island Free Press
Flying Fish
Avon Pier
Blue Pelican Gallery
Frank and Fran's
Hatteras HI
Homeport Gifts
Indian Town Gallery
Island Dyes
Road's End Gallery
Soundfeet Shoes
Captain Easy's Gourmet & Wine Bar
Kitty Hawk Kites
Izabelle's Closet
Janmade Designs, Ltd.
Hot Tuna
Austin's Seafood

Spa Koru
Dancing Turtle
Frisco Rod and Gun
Every Blooming Thing
Sandbar and Grille
Outer Banks Hospital
Breakwater Restaurant
Rocco's
Island Convenience
Burrus Red and White Supermarket
Conner's Supermarket
Dee and Darrin Callahan
Rob Shay
Hatteras Marlin Club
Hatterasman
Kaia's Kitchen
Dare County Parks and Rec
Pink Lemon Lemonade Stand
Coastal Blue
Richard Byrd
Glen Dodenhoff





Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation Cookbooks

The recipes in this cookbook were submitted by Hatteras Island cancer survivors, their friends, families and supporters. 

Cookbooks are on sale in the following locations:

Teach's Lair Marina
Dancing Turtle
Hatteras Harbor Marina
Buxton Village Books
Conner's Supermarket
Village Grocery
Salty Gourmet
Risky Business Seafood (Avon)
Island Convenience


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Cancer foundation is selling reusable bags

The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation is selling reusable, environmentally friendly grocery bags at local stores.  The cost is $8 per bag, and they are available at Conner's Supermarket in Buxton, Burrus Red &White in Hatteras village, Frisco Supermarket, and Risky Business Seafood in Avon.  

All proceeds will benefit the foundation, which helps island cancer patients pay medical and prescription drug expenses not covered by insurance and helps with the cost of travel for treatment.



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