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Cancer Awareness Night Ideas for Every Sport: How Teams Make Pink Out and Fights-Cancer Games Stand Out

For athletic directors, spirit coordinators and promotions teams: cancer awareness nights by sport, their colours, how to stage the moment, giveaways and team orders.

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For athletic directors, spirit coordinators and promotions teams: light-up pom poms switch the squad to pink or lavender by remote on the survivors’ moment, and light-up face stickers put the crowd in the same colour. Poms are $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs; custom ribbon stickers are quoted from 1,000 units.

Which awareness nights should your team plan for, and in what colour?

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Plan the order around the night’s colour: the squad’s poms, the crowd’s giveaways and the lighting should all match it. The calendar by sport:

Sport Awareness night When Colour
Football Pink out game Often October Pink
Volleyball Dig Pink® rally (The Side-Out Foundation) Fall Pink
Basketball Coaches vs. Cancer® Suits and Sneakers Late January Varies
Hockey Hockey Fights Cancer At least one home game per NHL club Lavender
Any sport Breast-cancer awareness night Club’s choice Pink

Anyone can organise a Dig Pink rally, not only players (source: The Side-Out Foundation), and each of the NHL’s 32 teams designates at least one home game as a Hockey Fights Cancer night (source: Hockey Fights Cancer). Because light-up poms switch colour by remote, one squad set covers pink, lavender and team colours across every one of these nights.

What makes an awareness night stand out?

  1. One colour everywhere: crowd, lighting, giveaways and performers.
  2. One moment for survivors, announced and lit.
  3. A giveaway everyone uses at that moment, not just a souvenir.
  4. Performers in the cause colour, switching on the moment.
  5. A photo from the top of the stands.

At one Dig Pink event, both teams held a ceremony honouring survivors and presented flowers, followed by a moment of silence (source: Side-Out: So You Wanna Do a Dig Pink Event?).

How do schools raise money on awareness nights?

Idea Real example
Ticket donations One school charged $3 for adults and $1 for students and donated all admission
Bake sales and T-shirts Common at school Dig Pink events
Raffles Run alongside the match
Pledges per play Coaches vs. Cancer began with fans pledging per three-point shot
50/50 raffles Part of Hockey Fights Cancer nights

Sources: The Side-Out Foundation, University of Kentucky, Hockey Fights Cancer.

Which giveaways work on awareness nights?

  • Light-up face stickers in the cause colour, handed out at the gate and lit for the survivors’ moment.
  • Custom ribbon-shaped stickers for the biggest night of the year (1,000-unit minimum, quoted).
  • Pro examples: the Sabres give every fan a Hockey Fights Cancer scarf on November 6 (source: Buffalo Sabres), and the Blues offer a pink hat with Pink at the Rink theme tickets (source: St. Louis Blues theme tickets).

Custom LED face stickers in your school’s shape and colours start at a 1,000-unit order and are quoted. A University of Texas alumni VIP suite ordered 1,000 from us; see custom LED face stickers in bulk.

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What should the cheer squad and dance team do?

The performers are the moment’s focal point. Light-up poms switch to pink or lavender by remote on the survivors’ announcement and back to team colours for the rest of the game, so the squad does not need a separate set for one night. See pink pom poms for cheer teams.

Group Pairs Cost at the team rate
Squad of 12 14 $1,680
Squad of 18 20 $2,400
Squad and dance team, 30 together 32 $3,840

Pair counts include two spares, at $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.

Who should plan an awareness night?

  • Athletic director: date, approvals and the visiting team.
  • Spirit coordinator or cheer coach: the performers’ moment.
  • Booster club: fundraising and giveaways.
  • A local sponsor, such as a health provider, for the giveaways.
  • The charity partner, for the cause’s own guidelines.

How do you request a quote for an awareness night?

Email or DM us with the sport, the date, the cause colour, the squad size and expected attendance for giveaways. We make our light-up products ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits your date. See team orders for how a group order works.

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Frequently asked questions

What sports have cancer awareness games?

Football and basketball pink out games, volleyball Dig Pink rallies, basketball Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers games, and hockey’s Hockey Fights Cancer nights.

What is Dig Pink?

A fall volleyball fundraiser by The Side-Out Foundation that raises money for metastatic breast-cancer research.

What is Coaches vs. Cancer?

A collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, with Suits and Sneakers games in late January.

What colour is Hockey Fights Cancer?

Lavender appears in the merchandise, such as the Blues’ lavender fleece and the Kings’ lavender socks.

How can a cheer squad support an awareness night?

Switch light-up poms to the cause colour on the survivors’ announcement and lead the crowd’s moment.

How much does a light-up squad set cost?

Our team rate is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. A squad of 18 with two spares is 20 pairs, or $2,400 at that rate.

See also: pink pom poms for cheer teams, theme night ideas for pro games and philanthropy event ideas.

Sources: The Side-Out Foundation, Side-Out: So You Wanna Do a Dig Pink Event?, Hamilton College Athletics, University of Kentucky, Hockey Fights Cancer, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues theme tickets.

Dig Pink is a registered mark of The Side-Out Foundation and Coaches vs. Cancer a registered mark of the American Cancer Society; neither is affiliated with Neon Cowboys.

Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.

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