The Lehman College and Baruch College women's basketball teams will join together in the fight against Breast Cancer, as the two rivals will participate in the WBCA's "Think Pink" week. 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.
Lehman and Baruch, two of the perennial powers in the City University of New York Conference (CUNYAC) will meet on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 1:00pm. The game will be played at the APEX Center on the campus of Lehman College.
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.
For further information on this event, on how to attend, or make a donation, feel free to contact Lehman College's head coach, Eric Harrison at 718-960-7175, or by email at eric.harrison@lehman.cuny.edu.