Hillary Rutter (left) of Plainview, executive director of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, and Joanne Shigo of Amityville, art director, accept $20,000 to benefit their program. For the sixth year, the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program is a beneficiary of the Long Island 2 Day Walk To Fight Breast Cancer, receiving a grant of 20,000. The funds received assist the breast cancer program in its Paths to Wellness Program, a series of workshops for breast cancer patients.

Since its inception in 2004, LI2DAY has raised and awarded nearly $2 1¼2 million dollars to local breast cancer nonprofit organizations such as the Adelphi program, scientific research and the LI2DAY Scholarship Fund.

For further information, the Long Island 2 Day Walk to Fight Breast Cancer can be contacted at 631-863-2DAY (2329) or go to www.libreastcancerwalk.org. For the Adelphi hotline, call 800-877-8077. You are not alone.