With the arrival of October comes breast cancer awareness activities across town, from fundraisers to walks and informational gatherings.
Cookie Fundraiser, all October, Doris Italian Market & Bakery in Boca Raton and across South Florida. From each pink-and-white cookie sold in October, $1 will be donated to the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer initiative. dorismarket.com
Wear the Pink, Oct. 8 at Blushington, 19635 FL-7 Suite 40 in Boca Raton. Show your support of breast cancer awareness with the signature blowout, amped up with three pink hair extensions. Twenty percent of the $60 treatment will be donate to the Go Pink Challenge at the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute and the Schmidt Family Center for Breast Care. Call 561/246-5645 or visit blushington.com/pages/boca-raton.
Pink Shabbat, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. Congregation B’nai Israel, 2200 Yamato Road in Boca Raton. An evening of advocacy and early detection with local author and breast cancer survivor Rachel Sobel, Chani Kolan of Sharsheret, Cantorial Soloist Marcy Morris, and a special Pink Oneg with pink challahs. Visit sharsheret.org/event/pink-shabbat-48/.
“Anchored in Wellness,” Oct. 14 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Lynn Women’s Health and Wellness Institute, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, 690 Meadows Road in Boca Raton. The Junior League of Boca Raton is hosting an evening of breast health education with speaker and breast health specialist Cheryl Moss-Mellman, MD. Free; call 561/620-2553 and RSVP on Eventbrite.
Go Pink Luncheon, Oct. 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Boca Raton, 501 E. Camino Real in Boca Raton. Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth will be speaking at this signature event, raising money for the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation. Register here.
Making Strides of Palm Beach County, Oct. 24, 8:45 a.m. runner start and 9 a.m. for walkers. Sunset Cove Amphitheater, 20405 Amphitheater Circle in Boca Raton. Join the movement to end breast cancer, either by walking or running for a cause. Sign up here.
Did we miss any events? Email christiana@bocamag.com.
