BRIDGEPORT, CT – St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound will host its 24th Annual Breast Cancer Benefit Dinner on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at the Holiday Inn in Bridgeport. Dr. Rebecca Timlin-Scalera will speak at the dinner, which will begin at 5 p.m. with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Joining her will be Laurie Mastrone, a breast cancer survivor who was treated at St. Vincent’s Medical Center.
Rebecca is a Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer patient and is the founder of The Cancer Couch Foundation. It is an organization dedicated solely to raising funds for metastatic breast cancer research. She is also a mother, a neuropsychologist and a writer.
Also speaking at the dinner will be Laurie Mastrone, who will share her personal story as a breast cancer patient. She received her treatment at St. Vincent's Medical Center and benefited with financial assistance provided by SWIM Across the Sound.
All donations raised from the Dinner will be used to fund programs to increase access to mammography and prevention services for women at risk in our community. Screening services are offered through the digital mobile mammography coach as well as the Breast Health Center. The SWIM also provides wigs, prostheses, medical assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, daycare scholarships, and support groups and services. Thanks to the money raised, more women will receive financial assistance during a time of significant hardship.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women and the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women, with one out of eight women facing breast cancer over the course of her life.
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About St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound
St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound is a charitable not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization run by the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation of Bridgeport, CT. Since 1987, the SWIM has had a unique niche helping individuals and families struggling through the difficult changes that cancer brings with it. The SWIM serves approximately 30,000 people annually by providing 44 programs, including cancer education, screening, prevention and support programs at low- or no-cost for the uninsured and underinsured. In addition, the SWIM helps individual cancer patients on a case-by-case basis with specific financial assistance, funding of wigs and prostheses, medication assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, day-care scholarships, support groups and more. For more information, contact the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation at (203) 576-5451 or visitwww.SwimAcrossTheSound.org.