WYANDANCH, N.Y. -- Mondays are special for people going through cancer on Long Island.

Free beauty and wellness services are offered by a nonprofit organization. Monday began a new chapter, with the first barbershop joining the effort in pampering men. A cancer diagnosis is hard enough. Then add in the loss of hair from chemo.

"Losing the hair was the most traumatic experience," Carmine Buquicchio said. "I was crying. I was sitting in the chair holding hands of supportive people from Racine's."

ISLIP, New York -- Mondays at Racine is using beauty services to change the lives of people diagnosed with cancer.

"In 1989 my mother passed away to cancer," said co-founder, Rachel Demolfetto. "Fast forward many years later, my sister and I decided why don't we do something more than giving gift cards to various charities let's do something more substantial."

On Friday, April 1, Sayville welcomed a new resident – ‘Mondays at Racine Cancer Care.’

With a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony, this non-profit organization was granted a well-deserved permanent home at 284 West Main Street. Many gathered to share in this accomplishment, as their loyal follower and supporter base are aware of just how far they’ve come and the importance of their mission.

News 12 LI’s Elisa DiStefano spent the morning at Mondays at Racine last fall to meet all of the amazing people behind this not-for-profit and the strong women who are facing cancer & what Monday’s means to them.

You – or a man in your life – are relaxing in the barber chair. The barber is wearing a pin, or you spot a sign on the mirror, something about cancer awareness, and services available for those receiving treatment, free of charge.

Mondays at Racine Cancer Care Foundation hosted its annual fundraiser, The Long Island Beauty Ball, on Monday, Oct. 24 at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.

The event, presented New York Cancer & Blood Specialists and hosted by Newsday TV’s Elisa DiStefano, honored Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr., Suffolk County’s 67th Sheriff and the county’s first African American to be elected to a non-judicial countywide office.