The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Announces Plans For Play 4Kay Game
2/7/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 7, 2013
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- Blazer fans will have an opportunity to support breast cancer awareness as the UAB women's basketball team hosts East Carolina on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT.
Fans can attend Sunday's game for $1 by printing off the following voucher: Play4Kay Voucher.
To help promote the Play 4Kay campaign, the UAB marketing department will be handing out free pink shakers to the first 1,000 people who attend the game.
The first 500 fans who come through the gate will receive a free pink t-shirt, while the first 250 will receive a UAB women's basketball commemorative cup. Those who receive the free cup can get $1.50 off a soft drink at the UAB concession stands.
As part of the annual initiative, breast cancer survivors will also be introduced along with the UAB starting lineup at the beginning of Sunday's game. Any breast cancer survivors hoping to participate can do so by contacting Daniel Killilea from the UAB marketing department at (205) 934-5391 or through email (killilea@uab.edu).
The Kay Yow Cancer Fund was officially founded on Dec. 3, 2007, from the vision of the organization's namesake Kay Yow, former North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach.
Yow was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, and passed away on January 24, 2009, after facing her third bout with the disease. Before her death, she joined forces with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and The V Foundation for Cancer Research to form the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.
