Mifflinburg fashion show to fund cancer patient support at WellSpan
A Mifflinburg fashion show will send $50 tickets into cancer patient help, funding non-medical needs like comfort items for families across Union County.
A night of local fashion in Mifflinburg is set to become direct help for cancer patients across Union County and the Central Susquehanna Valley. The Centennial Runway fashion show will be held Friday, May 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Rusty Rail Brewing Company, with proceeds going to establish a cancer patient fund for non-medical and comfort needs.
Tickets cost $50 and include heavy hors d’oeuvres and dessert. The evening will feature men’s and women’s fashions from several local boutiques, giving the fundraiser a community feel while tying it to WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital’s centennial celebration.
The event’s practical value goes beyond the runway. WellSpan says the new cancer patient fund is meant to help with the kinds of expenses and comforts that can become a burden during treatment, even when medical care is already in place. Those supports can help ease the strain for patients and families balancing appointments, travel, daily living costs and the emotional weight of a cancer diagnosis.
That local focus matters in a region where a hospital-backed fundraiser in Mifflinburg can reach families in Lewisburg and surrounding boroughs without requiring a trip to a larger city. WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital says its foundation has supported the hospital for nearly 100 years through gifts from individuals, businesses, corporations and foundations, and that donor support helps sustain programs, grow services, upgrade equipment and facilities, and plan for future health-care needs.
The hospital itself is a major regional employer and care provider, with about 1,900 employees, more than 170 physicians on staff and 131 licensed beds in the Central Susquehanna Valley. WellSpan also points to its oncology grateful patient and family program as part of the support network for people moving through cancer care.
The fashion show is one of several centennial events planned for 2026, alongside Evangelical Honors the Community on Nov. 18 and the Centennial Snow Ball on Dec. 12. Together, they show the anniversary is being used not just for celebration, but for visible community reinvestment.
WellSpan has pointed to past donor-supported help as evidence of what that can mean in real terms. Through the Adams County Cancer Patient Help Fund, more than $100,300 has been provided to 75 patients and their families since May 2023. In Mifflinburg, the Centennial Runway aims to bring that same kind of support closer to home, one ticket at a time.
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