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Light-Up LED Pom Poms
Metallic streamers with LEDs built into the pom, a rechargeable pack, and one remote that changes the whole team’s color at once.
$145 USD per pair
Color out game ideas work best when the cheer or dance team leads: pink out in October, gold out in September, a whiteout under the lights, and red, blue, purple or orange for your school’s cause. One set of light-up poms switches to every color by remote. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Planning a season of color out nights with one set of poms
Most schools already run two or three color nights a year: a pink out in October, a whiteout for the rivalry game, maybe a gold out in September. Most of them also end up buying pink poms for one night, gold ones for another and a box of white shakers for the student section. Every color can have its own game night without a new set for each one.
Light-up poms change that math. The streamers stay in your school color all season, and the light switches to the cause color on the night, by remote. One remote switches every pom that is on, so the whole squad goes pink, gold or white on the same count, then back to school colors for the next home game. The diodes are built into the pom itself, not one light in the handle, so the color reads from the top row of the stands.
This guide is for the people who plan those nights: the athletic director, the student council, the cheer or dance coach and the booster club. For every other kind of squad, see light-up pom poms for every kind of team.
Which color goes with which cause and month?
| Color | What it is used for | Usual month | Pom setting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pink | Breast cancer awareness | October | Pink light; Hot Pink streamers |
| Gold | Childhood cancer awareness | September | Gold-yellow light; Gold streamers |
| White | The student-section whiteout; the pearl or white ribbon for lung cancer | Any night game; November for lung cancer | W on the remote; White streamers |
| Red | Heart health; Red Ribbon Week drug prevention; blood cancers | February; October 23–31; September | Red light; Red streamers |
| Blue | Colorectal cancer (dark blue); child abuse prevention; prostate cancer (light blue) | March; April; September | Blue light; Blue streamers |
| Purple | Military children (Purple Up); pancreatic cancer; Alzheimer’s | April; November; June | Purple light; Purple streamers |
| Orange | Bullying prevention (Unity Day); leukemia and kidney cancer | October; September and March | Orange light; Orange streamers |
Cancer ribbon colors and months come from the National Foundation for Cancer Research (source: National Foundation for Cancer Research), and CureSearch confirms September and the gold ribbon for childhood cancer (source: CureSearch for Children’s Cancer: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month). Heart month and National Wear Red Day are from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI: National Wear Red Day and American Heart Month); Red Ribbon Week from the National Family Partnership (National Family Partnership: Red Ribbon Week FAQ); Dress in Blue Day from the Colorectal Cancer Alliance (Colorectal Cancer Alliance: Dress in Blue Day); Child Abuse Prevention Month from Prevent Child Abuse America (Prevent Child Abuse America: Child Abuse Prevention Month); Purple Up from North Carolina’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (N.C. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs: Purple Up Day); June purple from the Alzheimer’s Association (Alzheimer’s Association: Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month); and Unity Day from PACER (PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center: Unity Day).
Pink out: the color night most schools already run
Pink out is the one most athletic departments already have on the calendar, usually a football game in October for breast cancer awareness. We wrote the full plan, from fundraising to the halftime moment, in pink out game ideas. The poms side is in pink pom poms for cheer teams, and cancer awareness night ideas for every sport covers volleyball, basketball and hockey versions.
The short version for the squad: Hot Pink streamers if pink is a school color, or pink light on any streamer if it is not. Everything below is about the other six colors.
How does one set of poms cover every color night?
You choose the streamer color when you order. The team order’s metallic streamers come in Teal, Orange, Hot Pink, Purple, Green, Silver, Red, Blue, Gold and White. The light is a separate choice you make on the night: full-color LEDs, changed by remote.
White streamers are our best-selling pom, and they take every color. Press AUTO and they run the rainbow; press W and the squad is ready for a whiteout. That is why a white set is the safest pick for a school that wants a pink out, a gold out and a whiteout from one order.
Each pom weighs 7 oz and runs 3 to 4 hours per charge from a battery pack that charges by USB-C; white and rainbow modes use more. Charge the night before and a full game is covered. Our setup videos show the remote, charging and two-color pairs in a few minutes.
Who plans what on a color out night?
- Student council picks the color and the cause and tells students what to wear a week out.
- Athletic director books the game, approves the theme and gives the announcer the script.
- Cheer or dance coach sets the pom cues: kickoff, every score, the halftime moment.
- Booster club sells the shirts and runs any fundraiser tied to the cause.
Put all four in one meeting in August. Pick the year’s color nights once, and the squad rehearses every switch in the same practice. Our student section themes for night games show how councils publish a dress code the whole section follows.
Which colors do teams actually order?
Of the 54 teams that applied to us this fall, white was the most requested streamer color (22 teams), then blue (10), red (7) and gold (6), with purple and silver at 5 each. Six teams wanted two or more colors. The pattern makes sense: white or the school color carries the season, and the light covers every cause night in between.
If your school has two colors, one pair can be split: the raised pom one color, the low pom the other. Our guide to pom poms in your team colors lays out the common school pairs.
A color night for every month of the school year
Each color has its own guide with a run of show, the cause behind it and the pom settings:
- White out game ideas for the rivalry game, or a lung cancer awareness night in November.
- Gold out game ideas for childhood cancer awareness in September.
- Red out game ideas for Red Ribbon Week in October or heart health in February.
- Blue out game ideas for the March and April causes.
- Purple out game ideas for Purple Up in April and November awareness nights.
- Orange out game ideas for Unity Day in October.
Football season holds September and October (gold, pink, Red Ribbon Week, Unity Day). Basketball picks up November through March (white, purple, red, dark blue). Spring sports and showcases take April (blue, purple).
Ordering one set for the whole calendar
One pair per athlete at $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. A 12-member squad is $1,440; the median team that applied to us this fall asked for 17 pairs, $2,040; a cheer and dance program sharing one set across 24 athletes is $2,880. Spread over seven color nights plus every regular home game, it is one purchase instead of a new set of poms per theme.
Start with the first color night on your calendar. Of the 54 teams that applied this fall, 25 needed theirs for a December date, so send the whole list of dates at once. Details and the application are on our team pricing page.
Apply with your school, your squad size, your streamer colors and the dates of your color nights. We make the poms ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits your date. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Frequently asked questions
What is your team pricing for a color out set?
$120 a pair on 10 or more pairs, one pair per athlete. A 15-member squad is $1,800.
Can we get them in our school colors and still do a pink out?
Yes. Choose streamers in your school color, or white (our best seller, which takes every color), then switch the light to pink, gold, red or any other cause color by remote on the night.
How do they work?
The diodes are built into each pom. A battery pack on the handle charges by USB-C and runs 3 to 4 hours per charge. One remote switches every pom that is on, so the squad changes color together.
Which color out nights fall in football season?
Gold out for childhood cancer awareness in September, pink out for breast cancer awareness in October, plus Red Ribbon Week (October 23–31) and Unity Day in October for red and orange nights.
Can we get them in time for our first color night?
Put the date on your application and we will tell you plainly what fits.
Do we need a different set for each color?
No. One set covers every color night: the streamers stay your color and the light changes. Pick white streamers if you want the light to match each cause color most closely.
See also: light-up pom poms for every team, the cheer pom pom color guide and light-up pom poms for cheer and dance teams.
Sources: National Foundation for Cancer Research, CureSearch for Children’s Cancer: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, NHLBI: National Wear Red Day and American Heart Month, National Family Partnership: Red Ribbon Week FAQ, Colorectal Cancer Alliance: Dress in Blue Day, Prevent Child Abuse America: Child Abuse Prevention Month, N.C. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs: Purple Up Day, Alzheimer’s Association: Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center: Unity Day.
The National Foundation for Cancer Research, CureSearch for Children’s Cancer, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (National Wear Red Day), the National Family Partnership (Red Ribbon Week), the Colorectal Cancer Alliance (Dress in Blue Day), Prevent Child Abuse America (Wear Blue Day), PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center (Unity Day), Purple Up! For Military Kids and the Alzheimer’s Association are named here as facts only. None is affiliated with or endorses Neon Cowboys.
Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.
