Breast Cancer

TODAY Dark Delicacies will host a poster signing for the release of the film ?My Bloody Valentine 3-D? at 2 p.m. at 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank. Director Patrick Lussier, screenwriter Todd Farmer, and actor Chris Carnel are scheduled to sign posters. For more information, contact Dark Delicacies at (818) 556-6660 or e-mail darkdel@darkdel.com . ? Dark Delicacies will host a ?Hot Hunks of Horror 2009 Calendar? signing in conjunction with the Lynn Sage Foundation for Breast Cancer at 4 p.m. at 4213 W. Burbank Blvd.

When women step into Dr. Deanna Attai’s office, they’re often nervous about the diagnoses of their breast tumors. While many women who have tumors and are treated by the breast surgeon are diagnosed with breast cancer, many tumors are benign. More than 500,000 women in the U.S., usually between the ages of 15 and 30, undergo surgery yearly for fibroadenoma, benign breast tumors or lesions that afflict 10% of women in the U.S. “This is the dark shadow of breast surgery,” Attai said.

LA CRESCENTA — For at least one match, it wasn’t the red and white of Burroughs High taking on the blue and navy of Crescenta Valley in a Pacific League girls’ volleyball match. Instead, both teams were in the pink — literally. The Indians and Falcons players and coaches were decked out in pink and white Thursday as part of the “Dig for the Cure” fundraiser in conjunction with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Along with holding a raffle for various prizes at the match at Crescenta Valley, the athletes from both squads solicited donations for digs accumulated during the league contest.

While the dress code for this Halloween may include just about anything from the garb of goblins to the petticoats of princesses, on Oct. 24, attendees at Wax Poetic’s City of Hope fundraiser adhered to the specific request that they be decked out in pink. Wax Poetic Salon, Spa and Gallery on Magnolia Boulevard teamed up with the Wella Corp. to stage the charity auction to raise funds to fight breast cancer. “Wella came to us wanting to do a matching fundraiser for breast cancer research at the City of Hope,” said the salon’s owner, Kerry Nicole , whose mother is a breast cancer survivor.

John Burroughs High School art students are selling their busts on eBay. Beth Morrison?s advanced and intermediate students decorated plaster casts of female mannequin torsos this month. They are being sold on the auction website as part of a monthlong fundraiser for cancer research. The busts start at $50 each and went up for auction earlier this week and end on Friday.. There are 28 plaster cast bust pieces up for grabs. All proceeds from the sale of the casts will benefit the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation, Passionately Pink for the Cure.

Lockheed Federal Credit Union employees raised $2,900 for breast cancer cure research on Friday, Lee National Denim Day. On Denim Day people are asked to wear blue jeans as a symbol of solidarity and donate money to breast cancer cure research. More than 70% of the employees donated dollars in support of this national breast cancer fundraiser. Lockheed Federal Credit Union of Burbank has participated in Lee National Denim Day for two years. The creators of Burbank?

Students, teachers, administrators and staff members at John Burroughs High School this month are putting up a beautiful fight against breast cancer. They are working on a schoolwide project that incorporates art and social action by creating plaster casts of women’s torsos and decorating them to be sold at auction in late October to benefit the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation, Passionately Pink for the Cure. “It is so visual,” said Beth Morrison, one of the teachers at Burroughs who is leading the project.

If you find popcorn and movie tickets stuffed in a bra, you must be at Soroptimist International of Glendale's fourth annual Bras for a Cause fundraiser. The event has contestants decorate bras, which they pay $100 to enter in the competition. The bras are then auctioned off to the highest bidder. Funds raised go to breast cancer services at Glendale hospitals and other local charities that help women and children, event founder Kathy Lefkovits said. This year's competition has some innovative ideas depicting the theme Bras for a Cause Goes to the Movies, she said.

As part of her preparations for a nearly 40-mile walk to raise money for cancer research, Denise Pouchet bought a new pair of shoes. And to really be prepared, she bought them one size too big. "When you've walked five, six or seven miles your feet begin to swell," explained Pouchet, who with husband David Burr make up Team Angela. "And as you progress they really begin to swell, which is why they have medical care at the stops." The Burbank couple will be among the hundreds of walkers taking part in the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer on Sept.