Friendly Competition Benefits Mather Hospital’s Palliative Medicine Program and The Lustgarten Foundation’s Pancreatic Research – View Memorial Parade of Boats at Harborfront Park Prior to Regatta
(Long Island, NY) Join Actor and local resident Ralph Macchio and Port Jefferson native and CBS 2 News Anchor Maurice Dubois for the Sixth Annual Village Cup Regatta on Saturday, September 12, 2015.
Presented by the Setauket Yacht Club, the friendly competition between John T. Mather Memorial Hospital and the Village of Port Jefferson raises funds for Mather’s Palliative Medicine Program and The Lustgarten Foundation, which funds pancreatic cancer research. The event has raised more than $235,000 for the two organizations.
Join Actor and local resident Ralph Macchio for the Sixth Annual Village Cup Regatta on Saturday, September 12. Photo Credit: Setauket Yacht Club.
Macchio will act as Ambassador for the Regatta for the third year to help publicize the important work of the two programs it funds. Macchio’s wife, Phyllis, is a nurse practitioner in Mather’s Palliative Medicine Program.
Also joining the Regatta this year as an Ambassador is award-winning journalist Maurice Dubois, who co-anchors CBS 2 News in New York at 5 and 11 weekdays with Kristine Johnson. Dubois is a graduate of Port Jefferson High School.
Join Port Jefferson native and CBS 2 News Anchor Maurice Dubois for the Sixth Annual Village Cup Regatta on Saturday, September 12. Photo Credit: Setauket Yacht Club.
The Regatta consists of Yacht Club-skippered sailboats divided into two teams representing Mather Hospital and the Village of Port Jefferson. Employees from the Hospital and Village help crew the boats, which race in one of three classes based on boat size. The festivities begin in Harborfront Park at 10 am with WALK 97.5 supplying the music. Regatta t-shirts designed by a local artist, and signed by Macchio will be available for purchase as well as the event’s commemorative t-shirts and hats. The Memorial Parade of Boats begins at 11 am at the PJ Village dock. All sailboats participating in the Regatta will pass by the park dressed in banners and nautical flags.
Following the Regatta, a celebratory Captain’s Party and presentation of the Village Cup will take place in a restored 1917 shipyard building that now serves as the Port Jefferson
Village Center. The Cup is currently held by Mather Hospital. The Village had won three of the previous four Regattas. Bad weather forced the cancellation of the 2012 race. The event is catered compliments of Schafer’s Port Jefferson restaurant and the Port Jefferson Brewing Company.
Businesses, organizations and individuals can support the Regatta and the programs it funds by making a donation or purchasing tickets to attend the Captain’s Party or view the Regatta on a spectator boat. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit www.setauketyc.com/villagecup/ or www.facebook.com/villagecupregatta.
Sponsorships also are available.
The Yacht Club initiated the Regatta primarily to call attention to and to support efforts to combat pancreatic cancer, which has claimed the lives of two of its members in recent years. The event also promotes a closer relationship between the Club and the Village in the wonderful maritime setting they share.
About Mather Hospital’s Palliative Medicine Program
The Palliative Medicine Program helps patients and their families manage serious or chronic illnesses, including pancreatic cancer. The goal of palliative medicine is to prevent and relieve suffering and provide the best quality of life for people living with the pain, complex symptoms and stresses of chronic illness. For more information, please visit www.matherhospital.org/palliative.
About The Lustgarten Foundation
Based in Bethpage, Long Island, The Lustgarten Foundation is the nation’s largest private foundation dedicated to funding pancreatic cancer research. And 100% of every dollar donated to the Foundation goes directly to research, thanks to Cablevision’s support. For more information, please visit: www.curePC.org.
