Michelle Zini was the former owner of Alpine Swirl in Peckville before she passed away in 2005.
OLYPHANT, Pa. — Community members in Lackawanna County showed up wearing pink in honor of a woman who passed away from cancer.
“Michele’s Ladies in Pink party” is a memorial brunch event celebrating another year in honor of Michele Zini.
Michele was the former owner and operator of Alpine Swirl in Peckville who passed away from breast cancer in 2005.
The memorial brunch not only honors her legacy, but provides care to others going through a similar experience.
“Never in our wildest dreams that did we ever think that it was gonna continue on for this many years and that her legacy would just live on….her picture gets plastered everywhere every year when we’re doing the advertising, and a lot of people who may not have known her name still recognize her face,” says Wendy Mitchko, organizer.
A portion of the proceeds from the event supports local women currently fighting breast cancer here in Lackawanna County.