by Debbie Goldman | Feb 13, 2019
Melville, NY, February 11, 2019: Over 100 bowlers came out to support The Maurer Foundation’s 10th Annual Pink Bowl event, raising over $14,000 for breast health education. The event was held on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Bowlmor Lanes in Melville. For the fifth...
by Eileen Pillitteri | Jan 12, 2019
In November 2018, Plainedge High School hosted our Peer Education training program for the first time. This program had truly come full circle for Lorraine Amato, a former Maurer Foundation Program Manager who initially drafted the program 12 years ago. Lorraine,...
by Maurer Staff | Dec 20, 2018
Once again, we offer our sincerest thanks to the Nassau County Bar Association who has generously awarded The Maurer Foundation a $2,000 grant through their We Care Fund. The goal of the We Care Fund is to improve the quality of life for children in need throughout...
by Melanie McDermet, M.S. | Dec 10, 2018
With the holidays right around the corner, now is an opportune time to talk to far-flung relatives about breast cancer, other hereditary cancers, BRCA and any genetic testing your relatives may have received. Between a difficult diagnoses and the public nature of a...
by Eileen Pillitteri | Dec 10, 2018
A story we have heard so many times- a young woman finding a breast lump just months after having her mammogram. At the age of 41, Jennifer James discovered a golf ball-sized lump on the side of her chest. She immediately got it checked by her physician, who sent...
by April Zubko | Nov 28, 2018
If one of your resolutions or tax planning strategies is to give more to charity, you may want to consider a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). The QCD IRA charitable rollover is now permanently written into our tax code and may be made from either a Roth or a...
