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Mineola Lions Club Donates $12,000 to Winthrop Diabetes Center

Donations focused on childhood diabetes and intervention programs.

The recently presented ’s unique Diabetes Education Center with two generous donations totaling $12,000.

The Mineola Lions Club gave $10,000 to the Edward Smith Pre-Diabetes Intervention Program and donated an additional $2,000 for the Diabetes Education Center’s KIDS Program.

Mineola Lions President Joe Bosnack presented the checks to Virginia Peragallo-Dittko, Director of Winthrop’s Diabetes Education Center.

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For more information on Mineola Lions, please see the club’s website or the club’s Facebook page.


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