PORT ANGELES — The weeklong Pink Up Port Angeles fundraising campaign will culminate in a golf tournament today and a grand finale dinner and auction Saturday.
All proceeds from the Pink Up campaign, an annual fundraiser by the Port Angeles Soroptimist Noon Club, go to Operation Uplift, a Port Angeles-based group that provides help and information for people with cancer.
Operation Uplift operates on donations with an all-volunteer board of directors.
The Soroptimists hope to raise $40,000 for the nonprofit group, having raised $33,800 in 2012.
All Pink Up proceeds remain in Clallam County.
Golf tournament
Tee time is noon today for the tournament at the Peninsula Golf Club, 824 S. Lindberg Road.
The entry fee for the Pink Up Port Angeles Soroptimist Tees Off Against Cancer tournament is $90 per golfer or $50 for members of the Peninsula Golf Club.
The fee covers greens fees, a light snack and a celebration from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today that includes hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar.
Prizes courtesy of the Mac Ruddell Community Fund will include a 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE pickup truck, Maui Jim sunglasses, a Razr black golf club irons set, a Travis Mathew head-to-toe Signature outfit and $500 for an online shopping spree.
Major sponsors include All Weather Heating and Cooling, Glass Services Co., First Federal, Union Bank and J&J Construction.
For more information, phone Chris Repass, golf club pro, at 360-457-6501.
Dinner, auction
Tickets are $40, both in advance and at the door, for the Pink Up Finale dinner Saturday at the Port Angeles CrabHouse, 221 N. Lincoln St.
It will begin at 5:30 p.m. with no-host cocktails. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
Entertainment and live and silent auctions are planned.
Advance tickets are available at Jim’s Pharmacy, 424 E. Second St.; All Weather Heating and Cooling, 302 Kemp St.; or from any member of the Soroptimist International of Port Angeles Noon Club.
Reservations also can be made by emailing jmmsparks@gmail.com or phoning 360-452-9823.
Sponsors of the finale include Wilder Auto, Union Bank and Elwha Klallam Heritage Training Center.
Events earlier this week
This year’s fundraising campaign began last Friday, June 14, with a bake sale at Swain’s General Store.
The sale netted $1,300 — a record for the club, coordinator Linda deBord said.
Last Saturday, 21 women received free breast health exams at Olympic Medical Center’s MRI Digital Imaging Center.
The need was so great for the service, which is for those who are underinsured or lack insurance, that names were taken for a possible free clinic later, deBord said.
Sunday’s second annual Dennis Wilcox Pooch Walk on the Waterfront Trail raised $1,020, deBord said.
The pooch walk was sponsored by Randy’s Auto Sales and Strait-View Credit Union
Twelve merchants have signed up for the Pink Up Window Contest, deBord said.
On Wednesday night was Pink out the Pier, where booths on City Pier provided information on cancer detection and Operation Uplift, and T-shirts and cookies were sold.
On Thursday night was the Pink Up Port Angeles “takeover” of the Chestnut Cottage for a fundraising all-you-can-eat spaghetti feed, with “celebrity” waiters competing for tips and the Top Waiter award.
First Federal sponsored the event.
‘Depink’ meeting Sunday
Pink ribbons tied throughout town last weekend to announce the fundraiser will come down Sunday after volunteers meet at the Cornerhouse Restaurant, 101 E. Front St., for breakfast and a “depink” meeting at 9 a.m.
The recipient of the fundraiser, Operation Uplift, provides education, information, support meetings, a 24-hour phone line, free clinics, prostheses and wigs for both women and men with all types of cancer.
For more information about Operation Uplift, go to 118 S. Liberty St., Suite B, Port Angeles; phone 360-457-5141; email info@operationuplift.org; or visit www.operationuplift.org/index.html.
For more information about the fundraiser, visit www.sipawa.org.