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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
Orange out game ideas for cheer and dance teams: carry Unity Day’s anti-bullying message into an October home game, or run a leukemia awareness night or an orange-and-black rivalry game. Light-up poms switch to orange by remote. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Planning an orange out around Unity Day
Unity Day is the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month. PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center started it in October 2011, and the call to action is simple: wear and share orange (source: PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center: Unity Day). PACER says it is typically held on the third Wednesday of October; in 2026 that was Wednesday, October 21.
Unity Day is a school day, so the orange out happens at the home game that week: the Friday football game or a volleyball match. The student council carries the message from the classroom to the stands, and the squad leads it with light-up poms switched to orange by remote. For every color night see color out game ideas; for other squads, light-up pom poms for every kind of team.
How do you carry Unity Day from Wednesday to Friday night?
- Wednesday: students wear orange to class, and the council collects short kindness messages.
- Thursday: the cheer squad posts the Friday plan and the orange dress code.
- Friday: the student section in orange, a few kindness messages read by the announcer, and the squad on orange for the halftime moment.
Keep the message about kindness, acceptance and inclusion, the words PACER uses, rather than about any one incident at your school. The poms are the visual cue: when every pom in the squad turns orange on the announcer’s last line, the section knows to stand.
An orange out calendar
| Orange night | When | What it is for | The squad’s job |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Day | October, typically the third Wednesday | Bullying prevention: kindness, acceptance, inclusion | Orange at the home game that week |
| Leukemia awareness | September | The orange ribbon for leukemia | Orange for a moment of recognition |
| Kidney cancer awareness | March | The orange ribbon for kidney cancer | Orange at a late-season basketball game |
| Halloween week | Late October | A theme night, no cause needed | Orange light on every pom |
| School color | Any home game | Orange-and-black or orange-and-blue schools | Orange all game, switching on scores |
The National Foundation for Cancer Research lists the orange ribbon for leukemia (Leukemia Awareness Month, September) and kidney cancer (Kidney Cancer Awareness Month, March) (source: National Foundation for Cancer Research).
Orange streamers or orange light?
Orange is one of ten metallic streamer colors in the team order, alongside Teal, Hot Pink, Purple, Green, Silver, Red, Blue, Gold and White. Order Orange streamers if orange is a school color; otherwise switch any streamer to orange light for the night. Only 2 of the 54 teams that applied to us this fall asked for orange, so most orange outs will run on another streamer color lit orange. White streamers, our best seller, take orange as well as every other color.
For orange-and-black schools, Orange streamers lit orange carry the school color and the black uniforms do the rest. Orange-and-blue schools can split each pair, orange on the raised pom and blue on the low one; pom poms in your team colors lists the common pairs, and orange pom poms for cheer squads covers both sets.
Can an orange out support leukemia awareness?
It can, in September, Leukemia Awareness Month. That puts it in the same month as the gold out for childhood cancer awareness; the gold out plan explains how to honor families, and the same care applies here. Pick one charity, put its name on every flyer and give one cause one night. For pink, red and other ribbon nights, see cancer awareness night ideas and pink out game ideas.
What does a full squad look like in orange?
On AUTO, white poms run the rainbow, so a line of dancers shows every color at once, as in this group photo after a night parade. For an orange out you want the opposite: one press of orange and every pom that is on matches. Check the orange at a night practice from the top row of the stands, so you know how it reads before the game.
One remote covers the squad when the poms are in its line of sight: hold them up and stand close. Charge after practice and again before the game; each charge gives 3 to 4 hours, and each pom weighs 7 oz. The setup videos cover charging and the remote.
Ordering for the orange out and the rest of the year
One pair per athlete at $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. A 13-member squad is $1,560; 21 is $2,520. The same set leads Purple Up in April, a white out and every regular home game.
Bring student section themes to the council meeting so the dress code and the pom cues match. Apply on our team pricing page.
Apply with your school, your squad size, your colors and the date of your orange out game. 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
When is Unity Day?
PACER says it is typically held on the third Wednesday of October, during National Bullying Prevention Month. In 2026 it was October 21.
What does orange stand for at a game?
Bullying prevention on Unity Day, the orange ribbon for leukemia and kidney cancer, or simply an orange school color.
Can we get them in our team colors, orange and blue?
Yes. Order Orange or Blue streamers, or split each pair with one pom orange and one blue; the light changes by remote.
What is your team pricing?
$120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. Thirteen athletes is $1,560.
How do the poms work?
The diodes are built into each pom, a USB-C battery pack runs 3 to 4 hours per charge, and one remote switches every pom that is on to orange together.
Can we get them in time for our Unity Day game?
Send us the date when you apply and we will tell you plainly what fits.
See also: light-up pom poms for every team and the cheer pom pom color guide.
Sources: PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center: Unity Day, National Foundation for Cancer Research.
Unity Day (PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center) and the National Foundation for Cancer Research are named here as facts only. Neither is affiliated with or endorses Neon Cowboys.
Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.
