By Daily Press staff
The battle against breast cancer will be taken to the courts this weekend. The 8th Annual “Westside Challenge to Beat Breast Cancer” will benefit low-cost mammography screenings at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center Nearly 100 tennis players, including several breast-cancer survivors, will serve aces against the second-leading killer of American women at the tournament to be held on Saturday, Oct. 22. Featuring a 50-game round-robin tennis marathon, the event will raise funds to benefit the low-cost mammography screening program at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, which provides potentially lifesaving mam-mograms and follow-up diagnostic care, if needed, to uninsured or underinsured women in the community. In 2004, the hospital provided low-cost mammograms to nearly 200 uninsured or underinsured women, and breast health educational materials to more than 10,000 community residents.
The event was founded by breast cancer survivor Nina Nisenholtz. “I want other women to understand that breast cancer can and will be beaten through education and preventive measures,” she said.
In addition to the tennis tournament, the “Westside Challenge” features an awards reception and silent auction. Younger guests will be treated to face painting, entertainment, and a “Wheel of Fortune.”
The tennis tournament and silent auction will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. at the UCLA/Los Angeles Tennis Center on the UCLA campus. A reception will follow from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and will be held in the adjacent Straus Clubhouse. Dinner is served, drug-free
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 18, 2005. Read the original PDF.