ZETA TAU ALPHA TO HOST 4th ANNUAL PINK OUT IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER

ZETA TAU ALPHA TO HOST 4th ANNUAL PINK OUT IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER

SFA chapter plans events to raise awareness of breast cancer, honor survivors

In commemoration of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha at Stephen F. Austin State University will host Pink Out month.  The mission of Pink Out month is three-fold: to encourage awareness of breast cancer through a month of fun and informative events, to raise funds for breast cancer awareness and education initiatives and to recognize local breast cancer survivors and those who have lost their battle with this disease.

The planned activities will include:

• Pink Out Your Office contest for all SFA campus offices beginning on Monday, October 3 and judged on Friday, October 14 in the afternoon. All campus offices are encouraged to participate in decorating their office in pink. The winning office receives lunch for 10 from Raising Cane’s.
• A candlelight vigil to honor the survivors, fighters and taken in the battle against breast cancer will be held at 7 PM on Monday, October 17^th on the SFA campus in front of the Austin Building.
• “Know Pink: What Every Woman Should Understand about Breast Cancer” will be presented on Tuesday, October 18^th at 7 PM in the Twilight Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center.  Admission is free and women of all ages are encouraged to attend.
• Cotton candy and pink lemonade sales on Tuesday and Wednesdays throughout October at the Baker Pattillo Student Center.
• The Jalapeno Tree will be hosting a breast cancer benefit night on Tuesday, October 25^th from 5 PM-close.  A portion of the food sales from the evening will benefit the ZTA Foundation.
• Yoplait ®yogurt-eating contest on Thursday, November 3 at 12 noon on the SFA campus. Entering the contest is free and the winner will receive a $50 cash prize. To enter the contest, stop by the ZTA tables on campus in October or November or e-mail sfazta@gmail.com.
• Pink Out t-shirt distribution on the SFA campus between 10 AM and 1 PM on November 2-11.  Pin-on pink ribbons and recognition ribbons will also be available at this location.
• Pink Out football game on Saturday, November 12^th at 6 PM at Homer Bryce Stadium. Lumberjack fans are encouraged to wear their pink shirt to the game vs. Southeastern Louisiana.

ZTA’s Pink Out 2011 is sponsored by the SFA Athletic Department, Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital, Texas Home Health and Commercial Bank of Texas.  All local breast cancer survivors, campus offices and community members are encouraged to contact ZTA at sfazta@gmail.com for more information about participating in Pink Out activities.