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Long Beach's Annual Charity Volleyball Event Held For Cancer
The Michelle O'Neill Foundation raises money for children battling cancer and other illnesses.
LONG BEACH, NY — The Michelle O'Neill Foundation held its annual volleyball charity event over the weekend in Long Beach.
The organization is named after a woman, who lived in Queens and Long Beach. O'Neill was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was 17 and died at age 24.
The foundation raises money for children with cancer and special needs.
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The pre-pandemic 2019 event had several thousand players, News 12 said.
As the Michelle O'Neill Foundation website said, they help families alleviate "economic and emotional stresses associated with caring for a child with a catastrophic illness."
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