HERS Breast Cancer Foundation

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09/30/23

HERS Breast Cancer Foundation's eighth annual awards event, People with Purpose: A Pink Tie Gala, was held on April 1, 2017. The awards recognize individuals and organizations whose work supports breast cancer survivors and the foundation’s programs.
The gala dinner was hosted at the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, California, a historic hilltop site with sweeping views of the valley. The event featured a cocktail hour, charity auction, three-course dinner, award presentation, and dance to celebrate breast cancer survivors. KTVU’s Heather Holmes was master of ceremonies.
The funds raised will go toward HERS Breast Cancer Foundation programs, including “We Support, YOU Survive” which serves low-income women in need of post-surgical garments including bras and prostheses. The funds will also support the organization’s Lymphedema Project, which provides specialty garments for the prevention and ancillary treatment of the painful condition. HERS Breast Cancer Foundation assists clients with insurance claims and provides free products when needed. Funds are being raised through corporate sponsorship, donations, auction proceeds, and ticket sales.
This year’s honorees include: Friends of Faith, a nonprofit in Oakland that raises money for breast cancer organizations; Denise Estrada, manager of Women’s Imaging and Cancer Services at Stanford Health Care ValleyCare in Pleasanton; Dr. Paul Wotowic, plastic surgeon at San Ramon Regional Medical Center, and Janice Florence, longtime volunteer at HERS.
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About HERS Breast Cancer Foundation
HERS Breast Cancer Foundation believes in restoring beauty and dignity to breast cancer survivors at an extremely vulnerable time of their lives. Every day we bring hope, empowerment, renewal and support, because every woman deserves to look and feel whole. We support all women healing from breast cancer by providing post-surgical products and services regardless of financial status. HERS is the only nonprofit organization in the Bay Area that provides appropriate products (such as bras, prostheses, lymphedema garments, and wigs) for breast cancer survivors in a safe, comfortable, and understanding environment.
HERS Breast Cancer Foundation’s services for breast cancer survivors are provided at three locations: program stores at Stanford Health Care ValleyCare in Pleasanton and at the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, as well as their flagship program store at Washington Hospital in Fremont.