3rd Annual Pink Out Breast Cancer Awareness Games Set for January 7
Members of the Hamilton Heights Girls Basketball team cordially invite the community to wear pink and come out in force in support of breast cancer survivors at their 3rd Annual Pink Out on Saturday, January 7 at Hamilton Heights. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the IWIN Foundation.
Put on your pink and head out to the Breast Cancer Awareness Games at Hamilton Heights on Jan. 7 where the Huskies will play the Northwestern Tigers. The Lady Huskies Girls Basketball team is hosting the event. Tip off for JV starts at 12:30 p.m., followed by varsity play at 2 p.m.
Local breast cancer survivors will be in attendance and will be recognized and honored for their fight prior to the start of the varsity game. During the half-time festivities, the popular Chuck a Duck event ($5 for three ducks) returns.
Guests will have the opportunity to chuck their way to a chance to prizes donated by local businesses. The ducks can be purchased at the game, or through a player or player parent.
All proceeds from the event will be donated to the IWIN Foundation based in Indianapolis. IWIN has been supporting individuals statewide receiving treatment for breast cancer by relieving emotional, physical, and financial burdens and much more for more than two decades. The basis 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 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 13%) will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their 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.