Help Raise Money for Breast Cancer at the Pruneyard

A breast cancer survivor who helped organize a community
fundraising event in Campbell this evening hopes to show that people do not need to spend a lot of money to make a positive impact.

Tonight's Portera Community Celebration will benefit the Community Health Partnership, a nonprofit organization that works with health centers to provide breast cancer screenings and mammograms to low-income women who are 35 years old or older in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

The suggested minimum donation for this evening's event is only $5 and will feature food and drinks from as well as live music by local Michael Jackson tribute band, Foreverland, organizers said.

Last year's event raised enough money to provide 25 women with mammograms, organizers said.

Organizer and cancer-survivor Wanda Klor is celebrating her 13th year of being breast cancer-free and she credits her health to early detection. She began this yearly charity event in 2009 to bring together a wide spectrum of the community for a good cause, organizers said.

The fundraiser begins at 6 p.m. in the at South Bascom Avenue at East Campbell Avenue in Campbell.

-Bay City News Serivce