October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Tampa Bay organizations are planning walks, fundraisers and patient-support programs throughout 2026.
Tampa’s old City Hall is scheduled to be lit pink during the month. Moffitt Cancer Center will hold a breast cancer patient tea party on Oct. 22, followed by its annual Portraits of Hope exhibition on Oct. 29, recognizing patients’ experiences with breast cancer.
Tampa General Hospital is collecting donations for support-care packages for cancer institute patients. The hospital also is offering $75 screening 3D mammograms at all locations in October and November.
Community events include a pickleball tournament at Ace Pickleball Club in Lutz on Oct. 17, benefiting Cakes to Cure and breast cancer programs at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The University of Tampa women’s soccer team will host Breast Cancer Awareness Night against Florida Southern College on Oct. 21 at Pepin Stadium.
Two walks are scheduled for Oct. 24: the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides of Tampa Bay event at Raymond James Stadium and a 2.24-mile Breast Cancer Awareness Walk at Lake Vista Park in St. Petersburg.
The MOMbies of FishHawk will return to Park Square Plaza in Lithia on Oct. 25 with a Halloween-themed fundraiser for breast cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
According to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, an estimated 321,910 women and 2,670 men in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2026. Breast Cancer Awareness Month promotes screening and efforts to reduce disease risk.
