The Saks Fifth Avenue store in Stamford Town Center will host a charity shopping weekend from Thursday, Oct. 16 through Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008 to benefit patients at Stamford Hospital’s Bennett Cancer Center.  The “Key To The Cure” event is designed to raise money for early detection and cures for women’s cancers. The local charity fundraiser is part of a larger promotion that is taking place in Saks Fifth Avenue stores across the country in partnership with EIF’S Women’s Cancer Fund and with the ongoing support of Mercedes-Benz USA.

Under the motto “Compassion is always in Fashion,” the Stamford Saks Fifth Avenue store will donate two percent of all sales made during the charity weekend to the Bennett Cancer Center.  Over the last five years, the Key To The Cure event has raised more than $35,000 for area cancer center patients.

The Carl & Dorothy Bennett Cancer Center is part of the Stamford Hospital, a not-for-profit provider of comprehensive healthcare services in lower Fairfield County and the region.  The mission of Stamford Hospital is to provide, together with its physicians, a broad range of high quality health and wellness services focused on the needs of our communities.  Stamford Hospital is a Magnet Hospital and a member of the Planetree Alliance, a group of hospitals nationwide focused on patient-centered care.  Stamford Hospital is affiliated with New York Presbyterian Health System and is a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

For more information on Saks Fifth Avenue’s
 “Key To The Cure” program,
call the Saks Fifth Avenue Club
 at (203) 323-3100.