WVU Cancer Institute to host Pink Party celebrating Bonnie’s Bus

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September 6, 2024

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The WVU Cancer Institute will hold its annual Pink Party to benefit the Bonnie’s Bus Mobile Mammography Unit from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, at the GOAT Country Roads Pub, formerly known as Cosmo, in Suncrest Towne Centre in Morgantown.

The event will include cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction featuring specialty items, trips and experiences. Tickets are $125 and can be purchased online at WVUCancerPinkParty.com.

Bonnie’s Bus has provided lifesaving breast cancer screenings to West Virginians for more than 15 years, delivering care close to home for those in rural parts of the state with limited-or-no access to mammography screenings.

It began its screenings in 2009 through a donation from Jo and Ben Statler. More than 31,000 mammograms have been performed and at least 180 cases of breast cancer have been detected through screenings provided by the Bus since its inception. Regular breast screenings can allow for the early detection and treatment of breast cancer.

Bonnie’s Bus provides screenings to patients in all 55 West Virginia counties, and no woman over the age of 40 is turned away due to lack of insurance. Funding for underinsured and uninsured patients is provided through grants and private donations.

Those who cannot attend the Pink Party can support Bonnie’s Bus online at WVUCancerPinkParty.com/Donations.

For information on Bonnie’s Bus, see WVUCancer.org/Bonnie.

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