AMBERFEST

Name: AMBERFEST
Start: 2025-10-24T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-24T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Portsmouth United Church of Christ

Schedule

Fri Oct 24 2025 at 04:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Portsmouth United Church of Christ | Portsmouth, VA

*First Annual* AMBERFEST
A family-friendly event, celebrating Amber's two years as a metastatic breast cancer survivor!
💥 Dance Party
💥 Bounce House
💥 Corn Hole
💥 Photo Station
💥 Finger foods
💥 Drinks / Keg
Wear your best Halloween costume for a chance to win a prize!
Prizes will be given out for:
• Best child's costume
• Best wrestling costume
• Best overall costume
Winners will be announced at 7 PM!
You must be present to be considered for a prize!
The event is FREE, but donations will be accepted for Amber's outstanding medical expenses.
Donations are not required to attend.
Who's Amber?
Amber Loren Forehand-Hughes is a 38 year old from Portsmouth, VA. She's married to her high school sweetheart, Donald, and they have a toddler son, she's lovingly nicknamed "Nanu." She's a 20-year federal civil servant, and a graduate from both the College of William and Mary (BS Psychology/English) and Old Dominion University (MSEd Clinical Mental Health Counseling). She loves her family, her pet babies, and most importantly, God. In her spare time she enjoys writing, watching movies & professional wrestling, reading comics, aspiring to be a muscle mommy, dancing with strangers at red lights, absorbing nature, dabbling in photography, and all things laughter.
Oh, yeah... and she has triple positive metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer.
Diagnosed just a couple weeks after her little's first birthday, Amber's cancer journey has caused her to dedicate herself to a life worth celebrating.
"AMBERFEST" is just that.
A "Celebration of Life" doesn't have to just be when a person passes.
She's giving us permission to celebrate life now, on an annual basis….
...while raising money that can help pay toward her continuous and lifelong medical care.