GREENSBORO, NC – UNC Greensboro in conjunction with the Southern Conference and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association has designated Saturday, February 9th’s game against Western Carolina as “Think Pink” day.
The Southern Conference has designated the day as “Think
Pink” day at all women’s basketball games played in the
Conference that day. The initiative is part of the national effort
to raise awareness of breast cancer treatment, prevention and
research.
At each of the five SoCon women’s basketball games that day,
players, coaches, managers and scorer’s table personnel will
wear pink ribbons. Ladies’ compacts -- featuring the words
“Think Pink,” and bearing the Southern
Conference’s 25th Anniversary of Women’s Sports logo,
will be distributed to the first 150 females in attendance at each
site.
“We are fully supportive of the WBCA’s efforts to shine
a greater light on the importance of breast cancer awareness and
prevention,” said John Iamarino, Commissioner of the Southern
Conference. “Our basketball teams can be ambassadors to help
deliver this message to our local communities.”
The five SoCon women’s basketball games scheduled are
Davidson at Appalachian State, Chattanooga at Elon, College of
Charleston at Furman, Western Carolina at UNC Greensboro, and
Georgia Southern at Wofford. Davidson, a road team on February 9,
has announced that it will organize a “Think Pink” for
its community on Friday, February 15 when it hosts UNC
Greensboro.
In addition to the initiatives being promoted by the Southern
Conference, UNCG will also be doing additional promotions to get
fans to “Think Pink” in support of breast cancer. The
UNCG women’s basketball team will be wearing special pink
warm-up T-shirts and have the option of wearing pink ribbons on
their jerseys.
Pepsi will be providing free samples of strawberry flavored Propel
Invigorating Water and Ben and Jerry’s will provide one free
scoop of Strawberry Kiwi sorbet to the first 100 youth in
attendance. The first 150 fans will receive a free “Think
Pink” T-shirt, compliments of the UNCG Office of Campus
Activities and Programs and all fans will receive a free pink
breast cancer ribbon courtesy of the American Cancer Society and
UNCG Student Health Services.
Also at halftime the American Cancer Society and the UNCG Relay for
Life Chapter will be “passing the hat” to collect
donations and will also be taking donations for luminaries
throughout the game.
The Southern Conference is in its 87th year of providing quality
competition for young men and women. The Conference consists of 11
institutions located in four states. The 2007-08 year marks the
25th Anniversary of women’s championship sports in the
Conference. More than 3,000 student-athletes compete in the 19
championship sports sponsored by the SoCon.
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