The Pink Fund® to Host Their 6th Annual Dancing With The Survivors® Event

Michigan-based non-profit, The Pink Fund, that provides financial assistance to breast cancer patients in treatment so they can focus on healing, raising their families, and returning to the workplace is holding their sixth annual Dancing with The Survivors event on October 5th at the Silver Garden Events Center in Southfield, MI.  The event is a celebration of breast cancer survivors dancing to make a difference in the lives of breast cancer patients in treatment.

Dancing with The Survivors pairs breast cancer survivors or co-survivors with professionally trained dancers from The Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. For three months, they meet weekly to learn and perfect a ballroom style dance to be performed in front of an audience full of family, friends and community at Silver Garden Events Center. Ballroom dancing is an ideal pairing with cancer survivorship, given its proven mental and physical benefits.

The fundraising event will have dancing, music, cocktails, and delicious food to celebrate a community of breast cancer survivors who thrive in their recovery and make a difference in the lives of other cancer patients through The Pink Fund. The money raised will be used to make up to 90 days and $3,000 of non-medical bill payments for breast cancer survivors in active treatment at risk for devastating financial losses that may occur.  All payments are made directly to patient’s creditor.

This year’s featured dancers are:

• Barbara Biess, dancing for her mother, a lifelong fan of ballroom dancing who succumbed to the disease in 1996.
• Sara Erzen, who was 21 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed, and gave birth during her ordeal. Today her daughter Adeline is a healthy 5-year-old who will join her at the event.
• Cynthia Lutz, dancing for her two sisters who lost their courageous battles with cancer.
• Stephanie McKire, who is a cancer survivor, past Pink Fund recipient and engineer who helps other young women in the field through her Girls Than Can organization.
• Leaann Pugh, who caught her cancer very early and since has become vocal about early screening practices.

To purchase tickets, please visit: https://www.pinkfund.org/dancing-with-the-survivors-2017/.

ABOUT DANCING WITH THE SURVIVORS

Dancing with The Survivors is the signature fundraising event to benefit The Pink Fund. The evening celebrates breast cancer survivors who thrive in their recovery and make a difference in the lives of other cancer patients. Breast cancer survivors across the country are paired with ballroom dance professionals, and participate in a dance showcase featuring various ballroom dances to raise funds to support The Pink Fund’s mission. The event is generously sponsored by Waltz Level Sponsors Carol Ziecik and Laura Segal, Celgene Corporation, Seed Foundation; Tango Level Sponsors Advomas, EY, Henry Ford Health Systems – West Bloomfield Hospital, TI Automotive and Rumba Level Sponsors Beaumont Health, Genentech and Tito’s Handmade Vodka.

About The Pink Fund

The Pink Fund, founded in 2006 by breast cancer survivor, Molly MacDonald, is a 501(c)(3) public charity that provides financial support, which helps meet basic needs, decreases stress levels and allows breast cancer patients to focus on healing while improving survivorship outcomes. The 90-day grant program covers non-medical cost-of-living expenses, such as health insurance premiums, housing, transportation and utilities. Payments are made to their creditors. To date, The Pink Fund has paid out more than $3 million. For more information, visit www.thepinkfund.org.

For more information, visit www.ThePinkFund.org.