Sign Up To Attend Pre-Game Social Prior To Play 4Kay Game Feb. 5

NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State Athletics invites all cancer survivors, those currently battling cancer and their families to attend a pre-game social held in the Legend's Room at Redbird Arena on Feb. 5, sponsored by the Mennonite College of Nursing and the Student Nurses Association. The event will begin at 6 p.m., prior to the ISU women's basketball team taking on Indiana State at 7 p.m.

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. 

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. 

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.

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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