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'Party to Make a Difference' tomorrow at Vapor Night Club

'Party to Make a Difference' tomorrow at Vapor Night Club

Party for a good cause, and “Party to Make a Difference” tomorrow at Vapor Night Club.

The event will be sponsored by Simplifying Lives, an organization dedicated to providing free house cleaning and organizational services to people who have cancer and are undergoing treatment.

The organization seems to have put the giving bug into other peoples’ heads as well. Other local business partners will be giving discounted rates to cancer patients for other home services like plumbing, heating and cooling, lawn care, moving, and salon and spa services.

Benita Zahn of NewsChannel 13 will serve as honorary chairperson of the event and Brian Cody and Chrissy Cavotta from the Fly Morning Rush will serve as part of the honorary committee.

Doors open at 7 p.m. General admission is a $5 donation and Vapor Night Club will be matching donations up to $1,000.

Cleanlogic and NABA to screen children for eye disorders

Cleanlogic and NABA to screen children for eye disorders

Skin care company Cleanlogic will partner with the Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany (NABA) to offer free pre-school children’s eye screenings.  The screenings will be this Friday and they will take place in different locations around the capital region including the following Price Chopper Stores:

Local mom holds fundraiser for child with terminal illness

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Several months ago, in Elaine Houston’s Today's Women report, she brought you the story of a mother who helped change a law that made it harder for the custodial parent to get additional child support.

Becky Bowman says she needed additional support to care for her daughter Kaitlin who has a terminal illness, battens disease.

On Saturday, August 27 there will be a fundraiser for Kaitlin at the Eagles Club at 373 Crescent Avenue in Saratoga Springs.

It’s from 12 to 10 p.m.

The day will consist of live music, food, and family fun.

Grocery stores recall contaminated ground turkey

Potentially contaminated turkey is being pulled from the shelves at both Price Chopper and Hannaford stores.

Affected are one pound packages of Shadybrook turkey burgers.

Meat producer, Cargill, is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey in light of a salmonella outbreak that's sickened people in 26 states.

If you have any of the affected meat, return it to the store for a full refund.

Dentists offer free screenings at the track

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The old saying, never look a gift horse in the mouth will be turned around today. The gift is being looked in the mouth at the Saratoga Race Track.

It's the annual oral cancer screening day. Dentists are on hand offering free screenings until 4 p.m.

"Light Up the Night" raises $200,000

"Light Up the Night" raises $200,000

Albany Med’s annual “Light Up the Night” program raised $200,000, which is the highest amount ever raised for the event.  “Night” benefits Albany Med’s Department of Emergency Medicine which provides trauma care and is the region’s only level 1 trauma center, according to the press release.

The event was held at Saratoga National Golf Club on Saturday, July 23 and was attended by nearly 600 guests.

NY law lets ambulances use blue lights

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York ambulances can now use rear-projecting blue lights in an effort to make them more visible to oncoming motorists and therefore safer.

The measure passed by the Legislature and signed this month by Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives ambulances the same option as fire and police vehicles for one or more blue lights in combination with red and white lights displayed for rear projection.

Legislative sponsors cite studies indicating oncoming drivers' process of perception, decision and response favors blue lights over other colors, especially at night.

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