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Smithtown senior helps raise cancer research funds

Bernadette Schmidt, a senior at Smithtown High School West, has helped raise more than $50,000 over the last five years through MONARCH, a nonprofit founded by her family that benefits the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. The organization was established in memory of Schmidt's aunt, Monica Williams, who died of ovarian cancer in 2003.

Schmidt said she helps coordinate the Walk for Ovarian Cancer,...

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