Pumpkin Carving for Breast Cancer Awareness (BooBash 2022)
An Elvira pumpkin, a talented local team, and a video made for a community fundraiser.
In this video, I demonstrate a pumpkin-carving technique for BooBash 2022, raising funds and awareness for breast cancer screening.
The Executive Director of the Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation contacted me after seeing my annual pumpkin carvings. She asked whether I could make a short video for the online fundraiser. I thought it would be a wonderful way to help.
I came up with the idea of carving Elvira and having the pumpkin transform into an Elvira look-alike. I asked Windswept Productions for help, and my good friend Doug Knutson stepped up. Daisy, a high school arts student, was exceptional as Elvira! Community volunteers make things happen, and I believe this project was a success.
Thank you to the online donors who supported the initiative to raise funds for breast cancer screening equipment at Trenton Memorial Hospital.
For current screening eligibility, recommendations, and booking information, please visit Cancer Care Ontario’s Ontario Breast Screening Program.
Starring: Daisy Sprung as Elvira
Produced by: Doug Knutson, Windswept Productions
See more of my pumpkin carvings, or read about other projects in Fundraising.
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