Borough Wide
Dan’s a 20-year champion
Brooklynite Dan Foster is a winner, as a 20-year survivor of colorectal cancer —the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.
He’s also the Brooklyn ambassador for the Colon Cancer Alliance, and a proud recipient of dual awards at Borough Hall this month, which was gussied up and lit in blue (the official fighting colors of colon cancer).
Borough President Eric Adams and Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz (D-Sheepshead Bay) presented Dan with a proclamation and legislative resolution, respectively, and designated March Colon Cancer Awareness Month.
The disease is the one cancer that is 90 percent preventable when screened and caught early, according to the experts.
“If you are 50 years old, get screened now,” says Dan, who has been with the Alliance since its inception in 1999.
The group, which merged with the Chris4life Foundation, strives to eradicate colon cancer and provide resources and outreach to sufferers and families.
Colon Cancer Alliance (www.ccall
Mill Basin
3 cheers & a bucket of books
Kudos to borough son Frank Bisignano. The Mill Basin gent was honored for his contribution to tech and innovation education in Brooklyn by the Brooklyn Public Library at a gala event on March 8. The fest celebrated the role of the tech industry in our local economy, and the tech industry’s reliance on the Brooklyn Public Library to foster the next generation of employees and leaders.
As a boy Frank visited his local library regularly and claims it helped to put him on the right path.
“I owe my success in part to the local library,” he said.
Frank was named chief executive officer of First Data in 2013 after a distinguished career in banking and finance. Under his leadership First Data became a global innovator in technology, providing business development services to thousands of large and small enterprises around the world, including more than 17,000 businesses in Brooklyn.
It ain’t just books anymore, and the tech scene has found a new a home at the Brooklyn Public Library, as branches evolve and add classes, meeting spaces, and after-school help.
Frank was honored alongside other notables, including Etsy, Clive Davis, Eliot Feld, Roz Chast, Alan Dershowitz, Max Roach, Maurice Sendak, Lena Horne, Wendy Wasserstein and Betty Comden.
Bath Beach
Save the Date
Give a pint, save a life, when the 62nd Police Precinct hosts a blood drive on March 29 , 1-7 pm, at the stationhouse.
Donors should bring ID, eat and drink before donating, be in good health and above 16 years of age (if a teen, parental consent required).
Be there — the life you save may be your own or that of a loved one.
62nd Precinct (1925 Bath Ave at 20th at Bay 22nd Street in Bath Beach; (800) 933-2566].
