Bunko Goes Pink! 6th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser Coming Soon

“Bunko Goes Pink” 6th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraising event will be held at Solano Community College’s Fairfield Campus on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

This community event will be held in Building 1400 (in the Cafeteria) where seating is limited to 250, therefore advance ticket purchase is recommended.

The event promises a fun-filled day of playing the dice game, Bunko, to raise money that will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc., in support of breast cancer research.

Light snacks will be provided and prize drawings will be held! Tickets are $20.00 (presale) or $25.00 at the door.

The American Cancer Society reports that Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer. The chance that breast cancer will be responsible for a woman’s death is about 1 in 36 (about 3%). Death rates from breast cancer have been declining since about 1989, however, with larger decreases in women younger than 50. These decreases are believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening and increased awareness, as well as improved treatment.

At this time there are more than 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States (including women who are currently being treated and those who have completed treatment.) (www.cancer.org).

For more information and to purchase tickets for Bunko Goes Pink, please call Tricia Meyer at 707.864.7244 or Janice Eaves at 707.372.2531; email:bunkogoespink@yahoo.com.

About Solano Community College:

The College has served as the preeminent educational institution in Solano County since 1945 when it was founded as Vallejo Junior College. In the early 1970s, the College moved to its present Fairfield site, and is presently serving over 8,000 students throughout the academic year.

In addition to the main campus in Fairfield, the College has one Center in Vacaville and one in Vallejo. To further serve the community, SCC offers courses at Travis Air Force Base, and operates a School of Aeronautics at the Nut Tree Airport.

Currently, Solano Community College offers Associate Degrees and Certificates in various disciplines, to include transfer courses to California State Universities (CSU) and Universities of California (UC), and provides training in several trades. For more information, please visit us at www.solano.edu.