Ashley Garcia

Ashley was introduced to The Maurer Foundation as a member of their Junior Committee. With a background in marketing and corporate event planning she hopes to have a positive impact on fundraising. As a native Long Islander, she enjoys working at the Maurer Foundation to help educate men and women in her local community. For enjoyment Ashley likes to travel, bake, spend time with her sweet two year old daughter and plan local outings and activities with friends and family.

YoAndrew News Talk Radio Show Interviews Our Executive Director

On October 21, 2014 our Executive Director, Susan Samaroo was welcomed to the YoAndrew New Talk Radio Show to be interviewed by host Andrew Giordano.  The two discussed the importance of education when it comes to breast cancer, the school and companies we visited during October and the events we were a part of during Breast [...]

Program Highlights from Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  As this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness month draws to a close, we’d like to thank everyone who showed their support! With your help, we were able to bring our program to companies, new and old, across New York including NBC Universal, 1800 Flowers and the PAR Group.   We visited the Girl Scouts of Nassau County for the second year [...]

2014 Pink Diamond Gala

October 9th 2014: The Maurer Foundation celebrated its 10th Pink Diamond Gala and raised almost $200,000 to support the foundation’s ongoing breast cancer prevention and risk reduction workshops offered to schools, corporations and community groups. Attendees were privileged to honor a group of long standing champions of our mission: Dr. Eva Chalas, Director of Clinical Cancer Services [...]

The Maurer Foundation featured on CPXample’s Website

How cool would it be to partner with a company that donates online ad space to non-profit organizations?  Very cool! CPXample, a philanthropic initiative of digital media company CPXi, was founded in 2007 with that specific goal in mind.   They are committed to giving back by using the internet for doing good and have donated [...]

Breast Cancer in the News: Can a new drug prolong survival?

Researchers are reporting about a new type of drug that can help prevent advanced breast cancer from worsening. We had a chance to get some valuable information from breast oncologist Dr. Marc Citron, who is a clinical investigator in one of the ongoing clinical trials for the drug. About 70% of breast cancer is estrogen [...]

The Maurer Foundation Marks the 10th Anniversary of its Pink Diamond Fundraisers

  Hauppauge, NY, August, 2014 – The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education is proud to mark the 10th anniversary of its Pink Diamond fundraisers on Thursday, October 9th at 6:30pm at the Carltun in Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. Funds raised at this year’s Pink Diamond Gala will support the Long Island-based non-profit organization’s breast health education mission. [...]

Maurer Foundation’s First Annual Motorcycle Ride

What better way to enjoy Long Island’s North Fork than riding out in support of a good cause? The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education is proud to introduce its first ever motorcycle ride fundraiser. The event, which took place on June 14, 2014 in Oceanside, NY, was introduced in an effort to reach a [...]

The Maurer Foundation featured in Garden City News

The Maurer Foundation was recently featured in an online article by Garden City News.  The article highlighted our recent program for seniors at Garden City High School for their annual Women’s Health Awareness event.  We are happy to say that we have been visiting Garden City High School since 2006! Our interactive programs teach students how [...]

Maurer Foundation’s 19th Annual Golf Classic

May 8, 2014 – Jericho, NY:  The Maurer Foundation hosted its 19th Annual Golf Classic at the Meadowbrook Club in Jericho, Long Island, NY.  Netting well over $100,000, the event was a huge success.  Proceeds from the event will go to benefit the Maurer Foundation’s breast health education programs for Long Island and New York [...]

1st Annual Charity Motorcycle Ride

  Join us for our 1st Annual Charity Ride! Saturday, June 14th, 2014We’ll be revving up in Oceanside, NY and heading out to Blue Canoe Bar & Grill in Greenport, NYKickstands up at 10am* $50 registration fee*Raindate is Saturday, June 21st Contact Ashley Garcia for info: 631-524-5151 REGISTER NOW This event is generously sponsored by Nystrom & Sons Contracting