Sweetheart Screenings Assist with Prevention

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By Jennifer L. Warren

NEWBURGH – Cancer is personal for Luis Abramson, and awareness is everything.
That journey, along with his deep care for his Orange County community, led the two-time cancer survivor to partner his non-profit, CHJIS Support Services with Orange County Department of Health and its Outreach and Equity Divisions, creating the Annual Sweetheart Screening event a few years ago.

“I’ve lived and walked in the shoes as a survivor of cancer,” said Abramson, who was helping out at the prostate screening locale, inside the mobile unit parked outside of the Newburgh Unity Armory Center, where he too had earlier taken the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test. “Screenings save lives.”

American Cancer Society had a booth at Saturday’s Sweetheart Screening venue, providing integral literature on cancer awareness and the critical need for early detection. From left are; Kristi Greco, Sharon Giaitri and Edwin Guzman. Read Entire Article