National Cancer Survivor Day Breakfast

DANBURY — The American Cancer Society, Ann’s Place, and the Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital are inviting all local cancer survivors and their families to the seventh annual National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration on Sunday, June 6 from 9 to 11 am at the Sheraton Danbury Hotel.

Registration opens at 8:30 am. A full breakfast will be served.

The event will feature Dr Robert Cooper, an oncologist at Danbury Hospital, as well as inspirational stories of survivorship from local cancer survivors. Also enjoy the musical talents of Molly Gilmore, a sophomore at the University of Connecticut at Storrs; Fawn Segerson, a freshman at Holy Cross; and Andrew Wheelock, a senior at Brookfield High School.

The Sheraton Danbury Hotel is at 18 Old Ridgebury Road. Seating is limited for this free event. Registration is required. To register, call Ann’s Place at 790-6568.

The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service. For more information on programs and services offered by the American Cancer Society, call 800-ACS-2345 or log on to www.cancer.org.