Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
Winter Garden Stands Together
Shine a light on metastatic breast cancer. Honor Brittney. Stand with MaryAnn and everyone living with stage 4 breast cancer.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
City Hall illuminated 7:00–10:30 p.m.
Winter Garden City Hall · 300 W. Plant Street
Free to attend. The raffle is an optional bonus.
The evening
A city hall glowing green, teal and pink.
On October 13, Winter Garden City Hall joins hundreds of landmarks around the world lighting up for Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Come stand beneath the lights with neighbors, friends and families, so people living with MBC can see, plainly, that their community is with them.
Speakers and an on-site screening are still being arranged; we'll share confirmed program details here.
Calendar invite covers the lighting, 7:00–10:30 p.m. The national broadcast is separate, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
$50 donation · Honor system
Enter the Raffle
Give or pledge $50 or more to MaryAnn's METAvivor fundraiser, then enter with your name, email and cell phone. We take your word for it: no receipt needed. One entry per person, even if you give more than $50. Prizes come from local businesses who stand with Winter Garden's MBC community. You don't have to attend to enter or win.
Drawing: Shortly before 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Tuesday, October 13
One entry per person. Haven't given yet? , before or after you enter.
Prefer to give on MaryAnn's own page? View her giving page
Coming soon
Free entry opens once prizes and official rules are finalized. RSVP and we'll be sure you hear about it.
In loving memory
Honoring Brittney Beadle.A Local Light, Remembered Nationwide.
Brittney was diagnosed with breast cancer at 18. For the next eleven years she lived with stage 4 disease, and chose, again and again, to turn her own hardest days into hope for others.
As an author and advocate, she spoke honestly about life with MBC and helped countless people feel less alone. She died on June 14, 2026, at 29. Her light has not gone out; it is in everyone she reached.
This year's national LightUpMBC Live broadcast will feature a special tribute to Brittney. Join Winter Garden in remembering her, and tune in at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Official viewing pageOur local gathering joins this tribute in spirit; it is not part of the televised broadcast.
A Peace of Hope: Finding Inner Peace and Healing Through Stage IV Cancer
Read more: obituary · LBBC speaker profile
Meet MaryAnn
“Show up, so they know their community stands with them.”
“I was diagnosed with Stage 2, ER/PR positive, HER2 negative breast cancer in 2014. After a lumpectomy, radiation and five years of Tamoxifen, my cancer returned as Stage 4 metastatic in 2019. I was fortunate to be NED for three years, but I've since had progression to several bones.”
“I had radiation to my spine and right hip. My second line of treatment is no longer working, so I'm about to receive radiation to my sacrum, both humerus bones and left hip, and then start Enhertu. It has been seven years living with MBC, and it has been challenging in so many ways.”
“I am blessed to have my wonderful husband Brian of 32 years, my daughter Emily, my son Brian, and my yellow lab Remy by my side through it all. METAvivor and #LightUpMBC continue to inspire me, and I'm excited to be part of a community that is making a difference.”
Every day, 117 people in the U.S. die of metastatic breast cancer. Funding MBC research is the only way to find a cure.
MaryAnn's #LightUpMBC fundraiser
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raised of $500 goal
0% of MaryAnn's goal · every gift goes to METAvivor's MBC research
Prefer to give on MaryAnn's own page? View her giving page
Why this matters
More research means more time.
- What MBC is
- Metastatic breast cancer is stage 4 breast cancer that has spread to distant parts of the body, such as the bones, liver, lungs or brain.
- Where things stand
- There is currently no cure. Treatments can extend life and improve its quality, and every advance means more birthdays, more ordinary days with the people we love.
- Where gifts go
- Donations through the official LightUpMBC campaign benefit METAvivor's metastatic breast cancer research, not personal medical bills.
Source: National Cancer Institute
Part of a national movement
LightUpMBC Live: October 13 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
The national broadcast brings together patient stories, musical performances and research perspectives, and this year, a special tribute to Brittney.
Watch Last Year's National Event
#LightUpMBC Live 2025 · METAvivor Research & Support on YouTube
With gratitude
Thank you to our local partners.
For lighting up Winter Garden in green, teal and pink, and for standing with neighbors living with MBC.
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Be one more light on October 13.
A Winter Garden community gathering for #LightUpMBC, benefiting METAvivor. · Organizers
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