The Bard College Womens basketball team was one of more than 1,500 schools across the nation to participate in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Pink Zone fundraiser during a recent game against Farmingdale State College. Thanks to a raffle and bake sale, the college raised more than $500 for the cause.The WBCA Pink Zone® initiative is a global, unified effort for the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.
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.
WBCA Pink Zone® 2010
The WBCA's charity of choice is the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund®, in partnership with The V Foundation. We strongly encourage you to support this Fund with any donations, raffles, sales, etc. that you might be doing.
Please make checks payable to the ‘Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund’ and send them to the address listed below. In addition, designate on the memo line that the check is part of the WBCA Pink Zone™ initiative.
WBCA
Attn: Megan Smith
4646 Lawrenceville Hwy
Lilburn, GA 30047
