Put on your pink and plan to attend the third annual Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness Games at Hamilton Heights on Saturday, Jan. 7 when the Huskies play the Northwestern Tigers. The Lady Huskies Basketball team will play host to the event. Tip off for junior varsity starts at 12:30 p.m. followed by varsity play at 2 p.m.
Local survivors of breast cancer will be in attendance, and they will be recognized and honored for their fight prior to the start of the varsity game. During the halftime festivities, the popular Chuck a Duck event ($5 for three ducks) will return. Guests will have the opportunity to chuck their way to a chance at prizes donated by local businesses. The ducks can be purchased at the game or through a player or player’s parent.
All proceeds from the event will be donated to the IWIN Foundation based in Indianapolis. IWIN supports individuals statewide receiving treatment for breast cancer by relieving emotional, physical, financial burdens, and much more for over two decades. The purpose of the IWIN Program is to give these courageous individuals the strength to endure treatment, empower them to continue their fight against breast cancer, and place them on the path to survivorship.
Pink Out for Breast Cancer is designed to help raise awareness and money for those battling breast cancer. According to the National Cancer Society:
- About one in eight U.S. women (or 13 percent) will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
- About 287,850 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
- About 51,400 new cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) will be diagnosed
- About 43,250 women will die from breast cancer. Breast cancer mainly occurs in middle-aged and older women.
- The median age at the time of breast cancer diagnosis is 62. This means half of the women who developed breast cancer are 62 years of age or younger when they are diagnosed.
- A small number of women diagnosed with breast cancer are younger than 45.