Framingham, MA - The Framingham State College women's basketball
team was one of over 1,250 institutions and organizations
participating in the 2009 Women's Basketball Coaches Association
(WBCA) Pink ZoneTM initiative.
The WBCA Pink ZoneTM initiative is a global, unified
effort for the WBCA nation of coaches to assist in raising breast
cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and
beyond. This year's campaign runs from February 13-22, the
Rams did their part on the February 14th during as the
women's and men's basketball teams hosted MCLA. The WBCA Pink
Zone, formerly known as "Think Pink", began in 2007 as an
initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in women's and in that
first year 120 schools participated. Last year the initiative
grew to include over 1,100 teams and organizations.
The Rams wore pink t-shirts for pregame warm-ups and encouraged
those fans in attendance to show their support by wearing
pink. They dedicated the games to those in their lives that
have been affected by breast cancer. The Rams collected
donations for pink memory ribbons that were hung throughout the
gym.
Between the sale of the ribbons and the donation of ticket
revenue by the Athletic department, the Rams raised $600 to be
donated to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer FundTM, which was
created in partnership with The V Foundation for Cancer Research in
December 2007. The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer FundTM,
named for longtime North Carolina State women's basketball coach
Kay Yow who recently passed away after a lengthy battle with breast
cancer, raises money in the fight against women's cancers.
For more information on the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer
FundTM and the WBCA Pink ZoneTM initiative,
please visit www.wbca.org.
