WVU Cancer Institute to host Pink Party celebrating 15th anniversary of Bonnie’s Bus

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – 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. 25, at 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 is celebrating 15 years of providing breast cancer screenings throughout West Virginia, providing 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 29,000 mammograms have been performed and at least 165 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 WVUCancer.org/Give.

For information on Bonnie’s Bus, see WVUCancer.org/Bonnie. For more information on the Pink Party, visit WVUCancerPinkParty.com.