Pink Out event at men's basketball game to support Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Betsy Cohen
Issue date: 2/10/10 Section: News
2/10/10 -
Tonight, students will stand together in support of breast cancer awareness at the University of Rhode Island's men's basketball game against Richmond University.
For the fourth year URI will host the Pink Out, a charity event in which students can donate to and support for breast cancer research in collaboration with the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
For $6, students can purchase a pink t-shirt to support the basketball game and the organization. T-shirts will continue to be sold in Hope dining hall and in the Memorial
The URI Mob, a group of 90 to 100 students who attend all of the URI basketball games, has helped sell the T-shirts for tonight's Pink Out.
"It's been a great, successful event," Colin Giblin, a junior at URI and president of the Mob said.
Giblin said that the Gloria Gemma organization has always been a great organization to work with.
"They're a very generous organization and the Pink Out is definitely the biggest fundraiser the URI Athletic Department does," Giblin said. "In the past, there has always been a lot of support from the faculty, the student body and the surrounding community."
For tonight's Pink Out, he said members of the Mob have already raised a total of at least $1,000 from purchasing T-shirts and selling them to family members, in addition to collecting donations from sponsors.
According to the Web site for the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Research Foundation, URI raised more than $19,000 last year.
The URI Web site for the Pink Out said last year's event was "pure excitement!" and the university's goal is to fill every seat in the Ryan Center with pink to help fight breast cancer.
The charity's Web site said one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 192,370 cases will be diagnosed this year alone. It also said that as the second leading cause of cancer in women, breast cancer is responsible for one in 35 women's death and will be responsible for the death of more than 40,000 women this year.
Tonight, students will stand together in support of breast cancer awareness at the University of Rhode Island's men's basketball game against Richmond University.
For the fourth year URI will host the Pink Out, a charity event in which students can donate to and support for breast cancer research in collaboration with the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
For $6, students can purchase a pink t-shirt to support the basketball game and the organization. T-shirts will continue to be sold in Hope dining hall and in the Memorial
The URI Mob, a group of 90 to 100 students who attend all of the URI basketball games, has helped sell the T-shirts for tonight's Pink Out.
"It's been a great, successful event," Colin Giblin, a junior at URI and president of the Mob said.
Giblin said that the Gloria Gemma organization has always been a great organization to work with.
"They're a very generous organization and the Pink Out is definitely the biggest fundraiser the URI Athletic Department does," Giblin said. "In the past, there has always been a lot of support from the faculty, the student body and the surrounding community."
For tonight's Pink Out, he said members of the Mob have already raised a total of at least $1,000 from purchasing T-shirts and selling them to family members, in addition to collecting donations from sponsors.
According to the Web site for the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Research Foundation, URI raised more than $19,000 last year.
The URI Web site for the Pink Out said last year's event was "pure excitement!" and the university's goal is to fill every seat in the Ryan Center with pink to help fight breast cancer.
The charity's Web site said one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 192,370 cases will be diagnosed this year alone. It also said that as the second leading cause of cancer in women, breast cancer is responsible for one in 35 women's death and will be responsible for the death of more than 40,000 women this year.
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