Bruins help raise awareness for cancer

Bellevue University men's basketball Head Coach Shane Paben and his staff will help raise awareness for cancer this Friday and Saturday (Jan. 28-29) when they participate in the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Challenge, a collaborative initiative of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society.

Participating NABC-member college men's basketball coaches, including Coach Paben and the Bellevue University staff, will wear sneakers instead of dress shoes with their usual game attire during the Friday, Jan. 28 game against fourth-ranked Oklahoma Wesleyan University and the Saturday, Jan. 29 game against Southwestern Christian University to demonstrate their support for the American Cancer Society's fight to save lives from cancer.

To show your support of Coach Paben's effort in the fight against cancer, we invite all fans in attendance to wear your sneakers to the game too. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday and 5:00 p.m. Saturday in the Gordon Lozier Athletic Center.

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.