BankAtlantic’s Hialeah Branch Hosts Cancer Awareness Education Night
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – April 21, 2010 – BankAtlantic, Florida’s Most Convenient Bank announced today that it will join the families of Miami-Dade County in the battle against cancer. The 2010 American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Hialeah, also known as Relevo Por La Vida – Hialeah, gets underway Saturday, April 24, 2010 with teams of residents gathering at The City of Hialeah: Goodlet Park, located at 4200 West 8th Avenue in Hialeah.
BankAtlantic’s Hialeah branch, located at 1455 West 49th Street in Hialeah, will host a Cancer Awareness Education Night on Wednesday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Julio Robaina will proclaim the week of April 19 as Cancer Awareness Week. Guest speakers include Dr. Eloy Roman of Hialeah Tenet Hospital System, the Hialeah Chamber of Commerce, as well as representatives from the American Cancer Society. For more information, please call Leticia Carrazana, Market Manager, Hialeah branch, at (305) 556-1300.
The Relay for Life of Hialeah will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. with the goal of keeping at least one team member on the track or pathway at all times. Teams do most of their fundraising prior to the event, but some teams also hold creative fundraisers at their sites during Relay. Relay brings together friends, families, businesses, hospitals, schools, faith-based groups . . . people from all walks of life – all aimed at furthering the American Cancer Society’s efforts to save lives by helping people stay well, by helping them get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. This year’s theme is “Celebrate Another Birthday” and is dedicated to survivors who are able to share another birthday with their loved ones. A survivor walk with Mayor Julio Robaina will begin at 3:00 p.m.
“Relay is a unique opportunity for our community to come together to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember those we’ve lost, and fight back against the disease,” commented Patricia Fernandez-Lefebvre, BankAtlantic’s EVP and Chief Retail Banking Executive. “Funds raised at the Relay for Life of Hialeah are enabling the American Cancer Society to impact the lives of those touched by cancer within the community, and we are very pleased to join the families of Hialeah, and the American Cancer Society’s efforts to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.”
To volunteer, sign up, sponsor, or donate, please visit www.RelayForLife.org/HialeahFL. For additional information about the Hialeah Relay for Life, please call Frances Rodriguez, ACS Staff Partner, American Cancer Society, at 305-779-2862.
About the American Cancer Society:
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; by helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing about $3.4 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
About BankAtlantic:
BankAtlantic, “Florida’s Most Convenient Bank”, is one of the largest financial institutions headquartered in Florida. Via its broad network of community branches, online banking division - BankAtlantic.com, and conveniently located ATMs, BankAtlantic provides a full line of personal, small business and commercial banking products and services. BankAtlantic is open 7 days a week with extended weekday hours, Free Online Banking & Bill Pay, a 7-Day Customer Service Center and Change Exchange coin counters. BankAtlantic Bancorp (NYSE: BBX) is a bank holding company and the parent company of BankAtlantic.
BankAtlantic Contact Info:
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Email: CorpComm@BankAtlanticBancorp.com
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