NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State Athletics, in partnership with title sponsor Advocate Bromenn Medical Center, is proud to announce the return of its sixth-annual women's basketball Play 4Kay cancer awareness game to be held on Friday, Feb. 5, when the women's basketball team takes on Indiana State on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.
As Redbird fans have grown to recognize, ISU Athletics looks forward to this event every season, as it is a direct vehicle that generates funds to be donated to cancer research, but also allows ISU to celebrate and liftup cancer survivors, and those currently battling the difficult disease in all of its forms.
All cancer survivors, and those currently battling cancer, are invited to RSVP to attend a pre-game social held in the Legend's Room at Redbird Arena, sponsored by the Mennonite College of Nursing and the Student Nurses Association. With an RSVP, survivors and those currently battling cancer are able to receive up to three tickets to the pre-game social and game, in addition to joining the halftime recognition and celebration of those who are standing strong against cancer. Interested fans are encouraged to stay up-to-date with the latest news about Play 4Kay at Illinois State, by visiting GoRedbirds.com/play4kay.
Patrons wishing to attend this game as a fan can purchase $1 tickets from the Illinois State Athletics Ticket Office online at GoRedbirds.com/tickets, by phone at (309) 438-8000 or in-person at one of the ISU Athletics Ticket Offices located either at Redbird Arena or Hancock Stadium, open Monday thru Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hot dogs and pink lemonade will also be sold at the Sodexo concession stands during the game for $1.
Play 4Kay game efforts were started by the late Kay Yow, former North Carolina State head women's basketball coach. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 and fought the disease three times until her death in 2009. While courageously battling cancer, Coach Yow started the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in 2007, which serves to raise money for scientific research and to assist the efforts to fight against women's cancers. To date, the fund has grown nationwide and contributed just shy of $4 million to support cancer research.
The ISU Athletics Department and women's basketball team would like to give a special thanks to the generous sponsors that make the Play 4Kay event possible, including Advocate Bromenn Medical Center, Community Cancer Center, Mennonite College of Nursing and the Student Nurses Association at Illinois State University.
For questions about this event, please contact Assistant Director of Marketing Josh Remington at jdremin@ilstu.edu, or by phone at (309) 438-1320.
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