Jan. 27, 2010

1.27.10 - Oklahoma City, Okla. - The men's basketball coaches at Mid-America Christian University and Southern Nazarene University will participate in the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend, a collaborative initiative of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society during their match-up on Saturday, January 30th at 8 p.m. in the Gaulke Activity Center.

Both coaching staffs will wear sneakers instead of dress shoes with their usual game attire during the game to demonstrate their support for the American Cancer Society's fight to save lives from cancer. To show your support of the fight against cancer, we invite you to wear your sneakers to the game too.

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of college and high school coaches across the country, Coaches vs. Cancer has been helping the American Cancer Society save lives since 1993 by helping people stay well by educating and empowering people to avoid cancer or find it early; helping people get well with free programs and services when they're facing cancer; by finding cures by conducting and investing in research that yields groundbreaking discoveries into cancer's causes and cures; and by fighting back by helping pass laws that fight cancer and keep our communities healthy.

To learn more, visit coachesvscancer.org or call 1-800-227-2345.