Honoring a Loved One, Raising Awareness and Saving Lives!

Mary Quoma Gaudino

CCMAC and the Long Island community are deeply grateful to Team “Mary Quoma Gaudino” and Buckley’s Irish Pub of Center Moriches for their continued commitment and extraordinary efforts to raise funds and awareness in the fight to prevent skin cancer, particularly melanoma.

On Saturday, May 30, 2026, Michelle and Eddie Jones, along with the rest of Team Mary, held their annual fundraiser at Buckley’s Irish Pub. For more than ten years, they have organized this event and others in honor and memory of Mary Quoma-Gaudino, who lost her battle with melanoma at just 36 years old.

Mary Quoma-Gaudino may have lived only 36 years, but the life she lived cannot be measured by a number. With remarkable bravery and courage, she treated her final years as a gift. Mary took the time to tell each and every person she cared about just how much she loved them. Even as she faced the unimaginable, she helped ease the pain of those around her by keeping a smile on her face until her final breath.

Mary was loyal, loving, and giving every day of her life. She was an inspiration to all who knew and loved her. Cancer took a great deal from Mary, but she refused to let it take away her fun-loving spirit, her love for others, or the joy she brought into their lives.

When Mary passed away from melanoma, she took a piece of all of us with her. But more importantly, she left a piece of herself with everyone whose life she touched. Mary will forever live on in our hearts, in our memories, and through the efforts of Team Mary to help prevent other families from experiencing the devastating loss caused by melanoma.

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Melanoma Monday 2026

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Legislator Rose Marie Walker, Mazi Melesa Pilip, (TBN & TBN), along with Nassau County Commissioner of Health, Dr. Irina Gelman, DPM, MPH, PhDc, recognize Melanoma Monday (1st. Monday in May) to launch Skin Cancer Awareness Month, focusing on education, prevention, and early detection of the deadliest form of skin cancer. Local officials and health experts emphasize the importance of sun safety, such as using sunscreen, wearing protective clothing, getting annual skin checks and avoiding the use of tanning beds.

Legislator Rose Marie Walker
Dr. Irina Gelman, DPM, MPH, PhDc, Nassau County Commissioner of Health
Sharon Glavin, Melanoma Survivor and Advocate
Donald Gleason, Melanoma Survivor and Advocate
Helen Senudo, Melanoma Survivor and Advocate
Christine Kavanagh, Living With Melanoma 22 Years, and Advocate
Dr. Ted Daly, Garden City Dermatology
Geri Barish, Executive Director, Hewlett House
Mary “Colette” Coyne (07/1935 – 03/2026)
Mary “Colette” Coyne, Founder of CCMAC. Thank You For 26 Years of Skin Cancer Prevention Efforts. You Made a Huge Difference in the Lives of So Many. You Will Be Missed!

Mary “Colette” Coyne

1935 – 2026

It is with profound sadness that I share that my mother, founder of CCMAC, has moved on in her journey and joined my father and sister in Heaven. My mother was an extraordinary woman, wife, mother, friend, dancer, singer, consoler, advocate, leader, trailblazer, fighter, and educator.

Faith, family, and heritage were the most important things in her life. Beyond that, she was deeply committed to the prevention of skin cancer, particularly melanoma. She left no stone unturned in educating others about its dangers.

Celebrating the Nassau County Police Department 100 Years of Service

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Free Skin Cancer Screening

Co-Sponsored by Williston Park Mayor Paul M. Ehrbar &

State Senator Jack M. Martins

Roger Fay Williston Park Pool, Williston Park, NY.

(L-R) Theresa Foster RN (Memorial Sloan Kettering), Sharon Galvin (CCMAC), Ted Daly MD (Garden City Dermatology), Colette Coyne (CCMAC), Mona Avishay PA. (Belaray Dermatology), Robert Bower MD & Neal Shah MD (Stonybrook Dermatology), Barbara & Donald Gleason, Chris Gleason and Shivani Pillai. (CCMAC Volunteers)
(L-R) Lifeguard, Ted Daly MD. (Garden City Dermatology), Colette Coyne, Theresa Foster RN (Memorial Sloan Kettering) Paul M. Ehrbar (Mayor, Wiliston Park), Neal Shah MD. & Robert Bower MD. (Stonybrook Dermatology)
We are very grateful for the continued support of La Roche-Posay distributing samples of a variety of sunscreen products. (L-R) Sheila M (La Roche-Posay) Colette Coyne (CCMAC), Chris (La Roche-Posay), Neal Shah MD. & Robert Bower MD. (Stonybrook Dermatology).
Chris Gleason & Shivani Pillai. (CCMAC Volunteers) They managed the registration for the screenings, help set up and take down tents, tables, chairs etc.
Ted Daly MD. (Garden City Dermatology) and Jeff Ellis MD. (Belaray Dermatology).

CCMAC partnered with Williston Park Mayor Paul M. Ehrbar and State Senator Jack M. Martins to provide a FREE Skin Cancer Screening at the Roger Fay Williston Park Pool in Williston Park, New York.
The event was a great success, with many residents of Williston Park, Nassau County, pool members, and lifeguards receiving screenings.

As always, we are especially grateful to the doctors, physician assistants, registered nurses, and volunteers who generously donated their time to make the event possible. Without their support, CCMAC would not be able to continue providing free screenings in the community.

Special thanks to; Williston Park Mayor Paul M. Ehrbar and State Senator Jack M. Martins for all their support. We would also like to thank Jack and Jane the Williston Park Pool managers, their staff and all of the lifeguards for their help. They were all just so incredibly helpful and pleasant to work with.

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Melanoma Monday 2025

Bruce Blakeman and the Nassau County Legislature Emphasize the Importance of Sun Safety, and Protecting Yourself from the Dangersoous and Deadly UV Rays of the Sun.
Bruce Blakeman and the Nassau County Legislature Emphasize the Importance of Sun Safety, and Protecting Yourself from the Dangersoous and Deadly UV Rays of the Sun.
CCMAC Volunteers (L-R) Donale & Barbara Gleason, Sharon Galvin, Colette Coyne, Christine Kavanagh, Helen and Ben Sanudo.