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It was a great decision…not to get rid of our older titles when DVDs became popular, said David Buffa , owner of New York Video on the Lower East Side.

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During Richard's treatment, the Buffa and Stefanacci families became close with other people in the pediatric cancer ward.

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Mr. Buffa says that the two families' experiences give them the insight and energy to "react quickly" when a request for funding comes to the organization.

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For the Buffa and Stefanacci families, the diagnoses were devastating.

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John Buffa The families draw their inspiration from their children, Richard Stefanacci and Blake Buffa .

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"We're excited that we've been able to get this nationwide support," says Mr. Buffa.

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One of the challenges within the pediatric cancer community, says Mr. Buffa, is that there are thousands of small foundations, but not one unifying organization as there is for breast or pancreatic cancer.

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Who had parents who were missing work, losing their jobs and not able to do everything they needed to do for their children, says Mr. Buffa, Richard's uncle and a spokesman for Go 4 the Goal, which is based in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.

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She is now nine-months cancer-free, according to her parents, John and Gina Buffa .

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I am staying in this effing guest house on the campus of the University of Buffalo, The Center For Inquiry, in Buffa-effing-lo.

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