When invited to support cancer charity fundraiser Melangé, jewellery designer Alexandra Mosher decided the cause deserved more than just a one-off gift.She created a pendant inspired by the traditional cancer ribbon symbol, but with a unique local twist. Pink Bermuda sand was meticulously set into each sterling silver pendant; the piece can be worn on a necklace or as a charm on a bracelet.Ms Mosher said she felt compelled to back the fundraiser after watching family members, friends and clients affected by the disease.“I wanted to do something that would make a bigger impact, in terms of raising awareness and in fundraising.“What I love most about jewellery is that the wearer carries that sentimental reminder with them every time they go out into the world, symbolic of what is important to them and it becomes a conversation starter,” she said.The pendant can be purchased on the charity’s website, www.melange.bm, and at Saturday’s fundraiser at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club in Paget.Speakers will include cancer survivor Kim West, Carla Cann from the Imaging Centre and lymphadema specialist Taneya Burch.Entertainment will be provided by tap dancer Mitchell (Live Wires) Trott, singer Rennika Trott, gospel singer Latasha Coddington, DJ Julz and master of ceremonies, Hamilton Town Crier Ed Christopher.Melangé Founder Renee Carter encouraged people to come out for a good time, but said they should also be prepared to leave with a different perspective.“We will have our entertainment intermingled with raffle tickets and we will have personal stories and the stories from professionals giving us the educational side [of the issue],” she said.“We definitely don’t want people to walk away just feeling like they have come from a party, but enlightened after coming from a party. So there will be the drink and the merriment and it’s a great social scene, people do come and socialise and we have a lot of repeat performers, but they will also walk away having learned something.”Saturday’s event starts at 7pm. Guests will be invited to attach the names of loved ones affected by the disease to a ‘Rope of Hope’.Silent auction items include hotels stays at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, Rosedon guest house and CoCo Reef, golf packages at Belmont Hills and Port Royal, a $600 reflexology treatment from Haley Bennett and cedarwork. There are also raffle prizes to be won.Ms Carter and two others affected by cancer started Melangé in 2007 with the hope of raising money for cancer charities.Money raised at this weekend’s event will go to PALS, LCCA and Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.Melangé member and breast cancer survivor Gina Anderson said she was pleased with the charity’s progress.“It’s been a very successful year,” she said. “One thing that has surprised us is when we get the e-mails like, ‘We heard your story we want to donate’. In some situations we haven’t had to go out and solicit that sponsorship and I think it’s somewhat touching when you see that.“At our last bake sale it was shocking how many people came by and were like ‘I am going to buy a cupcake because my mother died of cancer or breast cancer, or my grandmother or my friend’. Just looking back on the year, with every event we have had, you realise how many people are touched by that and it’s eye-opening and surprising.”The charity is now determining how it will put the funds raised from other events this year, to use.“That will be the biggest struggle, deciding do we help a lot of people for a three-month medication process or do we help one person get through the entire year,” said Ms Anderson. “So those are the kinds of decisions we will have to make soon.”Tickets, $40, are available at the door. Raffle tickets, $10, can be bought at the door or at Salon 27 on Reid Street.