Mocktails, music and mammograms will be on the menu at a special event taking place Oct. 17.

Created by Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s Breast Imaging Kingston team, the special event, which runs from 5 to 8 p.m., aims to give “attendees the chance to enjoy a relaxed atmosphere while accessing life-saving breast screening and education,” according to a news release sent out by KHSC.

It’s also meant to encourage women, two-spirit, trans and non-binary individuals who are 40 years of age or older to meet and discuss breast health, and make screening less intimidating, the release continues.

“This event is about reminding people that routine screening doesn’t need to feel scary and that it saves lives,” Dr. Doris Jabs, KHSC’s Rose of Hope Clinical Chair in Breast Health and the host of t

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