Hillcats to Swing for a Cure on Breast Cancer Awareness Night
The Hillcats will have everyone wearing pink on Saturday, May 28th with the 10th Annual "Swing For A Cure" Breast Cancer Awareness Night presented by Centra's Alan B. Pearson Regional Cancer Center! Proceeds from this event will benefit the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation.
Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. game against the Salem Red Sox will be an additional $2 which will be donated to the fight against cancer. Plus, the first 1,000 fans through the gates will receive a free pink t-shirt! All Hillcats players will don pink commemorative jerseys which will then be up for bid during a silent auction during the game.
It's estimated that there will be over 230,000 reported new cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States in 2016 and as many as 1 in 800 women in Virginia alone, may be diagnosed each year. The Susan G. Komen Foundation was created in 1982 by Komen's sister and has since raised $2.5 billion for research, treatments, and support for survivors.
The Hillcats would like to thank the following sponsors of the Swing For A Cure for their support and donations: Centra Alan B. Pearson Regional Cancer Center as the title sponsor; ABC 13; Allergy Partners of Lynchburg; Apple Ford of Lynchburg; Central Virginia Imaging; Central Virginia Oral and Facial Surgery; Dr. Kim Combs; Flowers Baking Company; Heartland Lynchburg; Hedges Insurance; High Peak Sportswear; Johnson Health Center; 105.5 KD Country; Lynchburg Gynecology; Medical Associates of Central Virginia; Pathology Consultants; Peery Family Dentistry; Peter Ploch, MD | Rob Bass, MD | John Guglielmetti, MD; Physicians Treatment Center; Piedmont Community Health Plan; 97.9 FM The Planet / Oldies 103.9 & 106.9 FM / 93.7 KHF; WIQO / ESPN Radio; WJJS; and Women's Health Services of Central Virginia.
To purchase tickets to the "Swing For A Cure" Breast Cancer Awareness Night or any other game, fans can call the box office at (434) 528-1144 or go online. Ticket purchases can also be made in person at the Lynchburg City Stadium Ticket Office (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm).