Pink Zone game scheduled for Saturday
INDIANOLA - The Simpson women's basketball team will host its annual Women's Basketball Coaches Association Pink Zone game Saturday, when Cornell visits Cowles Fieldhouse in the regular season finale for both teams.
Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.
There are a number of ways fans can get involved in the festivities, including:
- A "Pink Out Contest," with awards going to the best male and female outfits
- Silent Auctions and Raffles for Nike gear, gift cards and two pink basketballs signed by the Storm
- Free-will donations
- Information booths run by Mercy of Des Moines
Pink Zone Mission
The Pink Zone initiative is a global, unified effort for the WBCA's nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.
History
The WBCA began the WBCA Pink Zone®, formerly known as "Think Pink", in 2007 as an initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in women's basketball, on campuses and in communities. Kay Yow, former North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach, served as the catalyst for the initiative after her third reoccurrence of breast cancer in 2006. In 2007, more than 120 schools unified for this effort and helped make the inaugural year a success. In 2008, over 1,200 teams and organizations participated, reaching over 830,000 fans and raising over $930,000 for breast cancer awareness and research. The 2009 campaign raised over $1.3 million, reached over 912,000 fans, unified more than 1,600 participating teams and organizations, and saw 56+ schools break attendance records at their event. The WBCA's charity of choice is the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund®, in partnership with The V Foundation. The WBCA strongly encourages all donations from Pink Zone games to be given to this Fund.
To learn more about Pink Zone and the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund, visit www.wbca.org/pinkzone.asp.
Portions of this article are courtesy of the WBCA.
