PORT ANGELES — Pink margaritas will be served as the eighth annual Pink Up Port Angeles campaign begins Saturday.
The Soroptimist International of Port Angeles-Noon Club has organized a weeklong fundraiser to benefit Operation Uplift, a Port Angeles-based nonprofit cancer support group.
During the week, which begins Saturday and continues through June 24, the city will bloom in a proliferation of pink ribbons, pink storefronts and pink decor.
It will even have — temporarily — a new name.
On June 7, the City Council approved a proclamation changing the city’s name to “Pink Angeles” for the duration of the Pink Up campaign.
In 2015, the fundraiser brought in more than $40,000 — an increase from the $35,000 raised in 2014, said Debbie Riley, Soroptimist board president.
“Donations have been down, and we are welcoming any donations and/or sponsors,” she said.
Pink Margaritas
This year’s activities include a twist on an event started last year, with Pink Margaritas on Ice being served Saturday. Last year, the campaign kicked off with pink champagne.
Margaritas prepared by four area restaurants will be served with music by the Jimmy Hoffman Band at the Elks Naval Lodge, 131 E. First St. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the music will start at 7 p.m.
Tickets to the event are $50. To purchase tickets, contact any Soroptimist Noon Club member or call Debbie Hinds at 360-457-5399.
Guests will vote for their favorite margarita recipes, and gift baskets will be auctioned.
Pink Margaritas on Ice is sponsored by Olympic Peninsula Title.
Also on Saturday
On Saturday, pink ribbons will go up all over town — including on police cars and other city vehicles — and merchants can start decorating windows for judging.
Businesses should contact Linda deBord at 360-460-1155 or debord@olypen.com to participate and be judged.
A bake sale will begin at 10 a.m. at Swain’s General Store, 602 E. First St.
The sale will continue until all baked goods are sold out.
A free breast health clinic will be hosted at Olympic Medical Imaging Center, 1102 E. Front St.
Staffed by members of Operation Uplift, the clinic will include free mammograms as needed for women without insurance or who are underinsured.
The clinic is available only by appointment via 360-417-5141.
Wednesday
Beginning at 6 p.m., Pink Out the Pier will offer information, freebies and cookies at a table at the Concert on the Pier.
While Navy Band Northwest Passage performs rock ’n’ roll on the City Pier at the north end of Lincoln Street, Soroptimist members will offer a table of freebies, cookies and information for cancer survivors.
The evening will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until 8 p.m.
Information will be offered on cancer prevention, detection and treatment.
Pink items — including jewelry and clothing — will be offered. Some will be sold, while donations will be requested for others.
Pink Out the Pier is sponsored by Angeles Collision and Jim’s Pharmacy.
Thursday
Pink Out’s biggest fundraising event is always the spaghetti dinner at Chestnut Cottage, 929 E. Front St.
The Thursday meal from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. will feature “celebrity waiters” who are well-known members of the community.
They will compete for tips as they serve a $10 dinner of salad, garlic bread and spaghetti.
All tips are donated to Operation Uplift.
Dessert, wine and beer will be available for an additional cost.
A gift basket worth more than $400 from Franni’s Gift Expressions will be raffled, deBord said.
Raffle tickets are $1 each.
The Chestnut Cottage takeover is sponsored by First Federal.
Friday, June 24
The 12th annual Soroptimist Golf Tournament at the Peninsula Golf Club, 824 S. Lindberg Road, will begin with a shotgun start at noon Friday, June 24.
The cost is $100, or $65 for members of the golf club.
Prizes will be awarded for a hole-in-one, closest to the pin and longest drive.
To register or for more information, phone the club at 360-457-6501.
Prizes are sponsored by the Mac Ruddell Community Fund.
Quilt raffled
At the tournament, a drawing will be held in the raffle of a queen-sized quilt created by Bunny Rutter.
Raffle tickets for the hand-stitched quilt, made with a lot of pink and in a cancer-survivor theme, are $5 or three for $10.
Riley said about 500 raffle tickets have been sold so far.
Tickets are available from Soroptimist members and will be available at all the fundraising events.
On Saturday, June 25, Soroptimists will “de-pink” Port Angeles, taking down ribbons around town.
All proceeds from the Pink Up campaign will go to the grass-roots Operation Uplift, founded in 1983.
The group is run by volunteers and provides services and information to cancer survivors in the local area.
For more information on Pink Up Port Angeles, visit Soroptimist International of Port Angeles’ Facebook page.
For more information on Operation Uplift, visit the office at 118 N. Liberty St., Suite B, or phone 360-457-5141.
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Reporter Jesse Major can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com.