News & Events

Past Events

• Substance & Style - A Fashion Event
• Team Wagner Walk to Support Tay-Sachs
• Free Screening Program for College Students

Substance & Style - A Fashion Event
 

On August 29, 2010, fashion designer, Stephen Seo hosted a fashion show and cocktail party to benefit NTSAD. There was an exclusive screening of the latest episode of HBO's hit series Entourage featuring designs by Stephen Seo. Funds raised will support Education, Prevention and Research for Tay-Sachs and related genetic diseases.

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Team Wagner Walk to Support Tay-Sachs

Robert F. Wagner Middle School Team Wagner Walk To Support Tay-Sachs Research Monday, June 22, 2009

The Team Wagner Walk to support Tay-Sachs Research is a huge opportunity to help a worthy cause. Wagner students and their families will be walking to help raise urgently needed funds for research to combat genetic diseases in children – children helping children!

The money raised by the students will go to the National Tay-Sachs & Allied Disease Association (NTSAD), which has been supporting research, educating the community and serving families affected by more than a dozen related debilitating genetic disorders for more than 50 years.

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You can also donate via the web using PayPal or your credit card

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FREE Jewish Genetic Screening Program for College Students

The Jewish Genetic Disease Consortium, of which NTSAD NY Area is a founding member, is sponsoring a FREE Jewish Genetic Disease Carrier Screening Program for college and graduate students who reside in or go to school in Westchester and Rockland Counties.

The program will provide education, genetic counseling and screening to identify carriers of genetic disorders that occur more frequently in individuals of Eastern European descent. Individuals will be screened for eleven (11) of the most common Jewish genetic diseases.

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