To kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Skiff Medical Center is presenting an evening with humorist and author Christine Clifford. “Laughter — It’s Good Medicine, An Evening of Hope, Laughter and Positive Thinking,” will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Skiff Medical Center’s Inservice Room.

The event is free to the public, but organizers request those attending call (641) 787-3070 to confirm a registration.

Clifford had cracked the “glass ceiling” before her bout with breast cancer. By age 40, she was senior executive vice-president for The SPAR Group, an international information and merchandising services firm in New York.