Local Restaurant Raises $14K For Princeton YWCA Breast Cancer Center

PRINCETON, NJ — Every year, the Blue Point Grill restaurant in Princeton hosts the annual Pink Pearl Night to raise funds for YWCA Princeton’s Breast Cancer Resource Center.

This year too, the restaurant successfully hosted the event, serving gathered guests an eight-course meal. The menu, created by the teams of Blue Point Grill, included fresh oysters, crab cakes, miso glazed sablefish and more sourced from their neighbor Nassau Street Seafood.

As guests sat and enjoyed their food and drink, they heard speeches from JM Group President Jack Morrison, Director Melissa White of YWCA, and powerful stories from survivors.

At the end of the night, the event raised $14,000 for YWCA Princeton’s Breast Cancer Resource Center.

“The donations from Pink Pearl Night help to support the YWCA Princeton’s Breast Cancer Resource Center’s free programs such as our salon services providing wigs, mastectomy bras and breast prosthetics, healing art classes, exercise programs, support groups, educational seminars and community outreaches, Melissa White, Director of the BCRC program said in a statement.

"The BCRC staff and volunteers work hard every day to empower women to advocate for themselves in order to remove barriers to preventive healthcare and help support women living with, through and beyond a breast cancer diagnosis. We are so proud and grateful for the support of our community partners at the Blue Point Grill."