The THRIVE for Life Foundation will host the second annual Cooking for Cancer on Sunday, June 4, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at The Englewood, 1219 Research Blvd., Hummelstown. The event will feature 25 guest chefs and sous-chef teams, including community leaders from The Hershey Company, as well as Penn State Health leaders, faculty members, and staff members. The event will showcase a variety of cuisine for attendees to sample. Proceeds raised from this event will support the Penn State Cancer Institute Cancer Assistance and Resource Education (CARE) Center, located on the campus of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Michele Buck, chairman, CEO, and president of The Hershey Company, and Steve Massini, CEO of Penn State Health, are the event's honorary co-chairs. Valerie Pritchett, abc27's evening anchor, will be the master of ceremonies. Live entertainment will be provided by the jazz duo of Steve Rudolph and Hassan Shakur. Additionally, a painting, created by central Pennsylvania artist Meaghan Troup live during the event, will be auctioned off just before the event concludes.

"Keep on Tuckin'" - the event theme - is an expression of hope for all those impacted by cancer. Tucker Davis coined "Keep on Tuckin'" as a personal mantra while he battled a rare form of liver cancer. Tucker was diagnosed in August 2008 and succumbed to fibrolamellar liver cancer in February 2010 at the age of 28. His parents, Marna and Chuck Davis, co-chairs of the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation, will provide keynote remarks. They will be joined by Sandra Baksi, a patient of the CARE Center, and Michael Fagan, her husband and caregiver. Baksi and Fagan will share their personal experiences of the CARE Center, its programs, and its services, focusing on the topic "Why We THRIVE."

Event Grand Sponsors include The Hershey Company and two former chairmen of its board of directors, Chuck Davis and Jim Nevels, along with their wives, Marna Davis and Lourene Nevels, respectively. They are joined in supporting Cooking for Cancer by leaders across the Hershey entities, including the Milton Hershey School.

A cash bar will be available. To purchase event tickets, search for "Cooking for Cancer" at http://www.eventbrite.com. For more information about the event, contact Michael Hayes, president of the THRIVE for Life Foundation, at mhayes.thriveforlife@gmail.com.

To support the THRIVE for Life Foundation and its sole beneficiary, the Penn State Cancer Institute CARE Center, people may make secure online donations at https://thriveforlife.me/.

The Penn State Cancer Institute CARE Center provides care for the whole person that is tailored to each individual's unique situation, connecting patients to the resources they and their families need during active treatment and beyond.