PORT JEFFERSON – Paint Port Pink, Mather Hospital’s breast cancer awareness community outreach, kicks off its 10th year on Oct. 1. Paint Port Pink is a month-long outreach by the Fortunato Breast Health Center with the mission of raising awareness about breast cancer, sharing information and education, and fostering solidarity in the community.
Events for October include:
Oct. 1 – Light the lights! Community partners including the Village of Port Jefferson will light their pink lights and display banners. Mather Hospital’s cupola goes pink as well.
Oct. 3 – Pints for Pink third annual fundraiser for the Fortunato Breast Health Center. Enjoy craft beers and ciders at the Po’ Boy Brewery in Port Jefferson from 6-8pm. The $25 admission includes refreshments and registration for the 2025 Northwell Health Walk at Port Jefferson. Register at Matherhospital.org/pintsforpink
Oct. 15 – Our second annual EmpowerHER women’s health seminar, this year at the Coram Fire Department’s community room, from 6-8pm. The $10 registration fee includes a buffet dinner and free registration for the 2025 Northwell Health Walk at Port Jefferson in support of the Fortunato Breast Health Center. The event includes four presentations on women’s health. Register at matherhospital.org/empowerher
Oct. 18 – Wear Pink Day/National Mammography Day – Get your pink on for this annual event and post photos on social media with #paintportpink.
Window Decorating Contest – Decorate your business window for a chance to win tickets to a 2024 concert at Jones Beach. Send photos of your window by Sunday, October 20 to svincent@northwell.edu Sign up for the contest at matherhospital.org/paintportpink to be a community partner.
Pink Your Pumpkin – Our popular pumpkin decorating contest returns. Find your perfect pumpkin, decorate it in the pinkest fashion possible, take a photo and email your pumpkin photo to matherhospital@northwell.edu by October 22, 2024. The winner will receive a $100 gift card.
A calendar of events and a list of Paint Port Pink community partners is at paintportpink.org Call (631) 476-2723 for more information.
Paint Port Pink is sponsored by New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, King Quality, Po’ Boy Brewery, Riverhead Toyota, and Tuscany Gourmet Market.
About Mather Hospital
Mather Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high-quality health care services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion, respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Our Graduate Medical Education program prepares physicians for future careers through Internal Medicine, Transitional Year, Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology, and Psychiatry residency programs and gastroenterology and hematology/oncology fellowships. For information about Mather Hospital, visit matherhospital.org or follow us @MatherHospital on Facebook.
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, about 900 outpatient facilities and more than 12,000 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 87,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,900 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We’re training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn.