North Fork Breast Health Coalition

09/04/2026

Kleinfeld knows a thing or two about saying yes...

And year after year, Ronnie Rothstein, Mara Urshel and the entire Kleinfeld Bridal family keep saying yes to our community.

✔️ Yes to supporting the North Fork Breast Health Coalition.

✔️ Yes to our annual Pink Pearl Gala.

✔️ Yes to sponsoring Team Kleinfeld for our 5K Walk.

✔️ Yes to donating Kleinfeld shirts and hats that bring our team together.

And most importantly, yes to helping us continue supporting local breast cancer patients and their families.

Kleinfeld Bridal may be famous for helping brides Say Yes to the Dress, but the yeses that happen behind the scenes mean just as much to us.

The yes to showing up.

The yes to giving back.

The yes to standing beside a cause year after year.

And, for Dr. Michelle, this one is especially close to her heart because Ronnie and Mara are not only incredible supporters of the Coalition, they are also dear friends.

But what makes their support so special is that it never feels like a sponsorship.

It feels like friendship.

It feels like community.

It feels like people who genuinely care.

Ronnie, Mara and everyone at Kleinfeld Bridal, thank you for continuing to say yes to this mission, to our patients, to our events and to all of us.

We are so proud to have Team Kleinfeld walking with us again this year. 💗

28th Annual NFBHC 5K Walk
Sunday, September 27
Tanger Outlets, Riverhead

Are you sayinga YES to walking with us on Sunday, September 27th???

Click the link in our bio to join us.

09/03/2026

Because what happens around those three miles matters just as much as the miles themselves.

✔️The smiles.

✔️The hugs.

✔️The friendships.

✔️The people walking beside someone they love.

✔️The survivors seeing familiar faces.

✔️The families who feel supported.

✔️The community that keeps showing up, year after year.

And then there is everything the walk helps make possible long after the morning is over.

Programs, services and resources for local breast cancer patients.

Yoga, acupuncture, reflexology, massage, strength for life, education and outreach.

Support for Stage IV breast cancer research.

That is why this walk has always been about so much more than crossing a finish line.

On Sunday, September 27, our community will come together once again at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead.

Some will walk for themselves. Some will walk for someone they love. Some will walk in memory of someone they miss. And some will simply walk because they believe showing up matters.

Every one of those reasons belongs there. 💗

We hope you’ll walk with us.

28th Annual North Fork Breast Health Coalition 5K Walk
Sunday, September 27
Tanger Outlets, Riverhead

Registration information is available through the link in our bio or at northforkbreasthealth.org.

09/02/2026

09/01/2026

September is here. And maybe this is the month you let someone take care of you, too. 💗

When you’re going through breast cancer treatment, recovering from it, or living with the changes that come after, there is so much focus on appointments, tests and getting through the next thing.

But feeling supported matters too.

The North Fork Breast Health Coalition offers complimentary wellness services designed to give local breast cancer patients and survivors a little more support along the way.

This September, services include:

💗 Acupuncture
💗 Massage therapy
💗 Gentle yoga
💗 Reflexology
💗 Reiki
💗 Strength for Life
💗 Meditation

Sometimes it’s an hour to breathe.

Sometimes it’s help easing tension or discomfort.

Sometimes it’s simply being in a space where you don’t have to explain what you’re going through.

These services are here for our breast cancer community because support should extend beyond the doctor’s office.

And if you know someone who could use this kind of support, please send this their way.

08/31/2026

If you’ve been meaning to sponsor this year’s North Fork Breast Health Coalition 5K Walk and get your business included on our event T-shirt, TODAY IS THE DEADLINE.

We’d truly love to have your business represented.

Our sponsors help make it possible for the Coalition to continue supporting local breast cancer patients with programs, services and resources right here in our community.

And while we are very good at a lot of things, unfortunately we have not yet figured out how to make August 31 last three extra days. 😂

So if your sponsorship form is sitting on your desk, in your inbox, or somewhere on that very ambitious “I’ll do it later” list, this is your sign.

💗 Sponsor today
💗 Get your business included on this year’s 5K T-shirt
💗 Support local breast cancer patients and families

Today is the deadline for T-shirt recognition, but sponsorship opportunities will continue after today.

28th Annual NFBHC 5K Walk
Sunday, September 27
Tanger Outlets, Riverhead

Sponsor information is available through the link in our bio or at northforkbreasthealth.org.

Thank you to every business, organization and individual who continues to show up for this community. We are so grateful for you.

Now, who still needs to get on that shirt?

08/30/2026

Some sponsors support an event.

Others help create something that continues to care for people long after the event is over.

We’re incredibly grateful to welcome back Dr. Joseph Duva as a top-tier sponsor of the North Fork Breast Health Coalition’s 28th Annual 5K Walk.

Dr. Duva is a local gastroenterologist, an active member of our community, and someone who has been deeply connected to the Coalition for many years. In fact, he was the very first recipient of the Coalition’s Community Service Award.

His generosity also helped make one of our most meaningful resources possible: the Rita Duva Boutique, named in honor of his mother.

Through the Boutique, our patients, survivors and thrivers can receive wigs, head coverings, prosthetics, mastectomy bras and other needed items completely free of charge.

That kind of support goes far beyond sponsorship. It provides comfort, dignity and practical help during a time when those things can mean so much.

We are truly grateful to Dr. Duva for continuing to stand behind our mission and for the lasting difference his generosity has made in the lives of the people we serve.

Please join us in thanking Dr. Joseph Duva for once again showing up for the North Fork Breast Health Coalition and our community.

08/30/2026

08/30/2026

Because there are still beach towels in the car.

Still farm stands overflowing with tomatoes, corn and peaches.

Still dinners outside that somehow taste better just because the sun is setting a little later.

Still ice cream stops, boat rides, backyard barbecues, bare feet, salty hair, windows-down drives and those perfect North Fork evenings that make you wish summer could slow itself down.

And yet somehow, September is already waiting in the wings with schedules, routines, school buses and pumpkin everything.

So maybe these last few days of August deserve a little more attention.

Take the walk.

Go to the beach.

Call the friend.

Order the lobster roll.

Watch the sunset.

Stay outside a little longer.

Do one more thing that feels unmistakably like summer.

Because sometimes we get so busy looking ahead that we forget to enjoy what’s still right in front of us.

If you could squeeze ONE more perfect summer moment out of August, what would it be?

We want to hear it. And we may just steal a few of your ideas. 💗

08/28/2026

When a local organization keeps showing up year after year, that means something. 💗

We’re so grateful to welcome back the Riverhead Central Faculty Association as a top-tier sponsor of the North Fork Breast Health Coalition’s 28th Annual 5K Walk.

The Riverhead Central Faculty Association is an organization of professionals who seek to promote the interest of public education, advance the standards of the teaching profession, and promote a closer school and community relationship.

And their continued support of the Coalition is a beautiful example of that commitment in action.

Thanks to their generosity, we are able to offer yoga classes free of charge to our patients, survivors and thrivers, giving them another source of movement, connection and support on their road to recovery.

This is why our sponsors matter. Their support helps us continue providing meaningful programs and services to the people in our community who need them.

Please help us support the organizations that support us, and join us in thanking the Riverhead Central Faculty Association for once again standing behind our mission. 💗

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the 28th Annual 5K Walk? Visit the link in our bio to learn more.

08/28/2026

Maybe it’s how exhausting the “waiting” can be.

How strange it feels when treatment ends but the fear doesn’t.

How hard it can be to answer, “How are you?” when you don’t really know.

How much caregivers carry too.

How life can look completely normal from the outside while someone is dealing with something enormous.

Or maybe it’s something no one warned you about at all.

We talk a lot about awareness.

Today, we’d rather listen.

If you’ve been through breast cancer, supported someone through it, or cared for someone you love, what is one thing you wish more people understood?

Your answer might be exactly what someone else needs to hear today.