Think Pink With Zeta Tau Alpha!

By: Chelsea Good

One group of CMU sorority women is kicking off this breast cancer awareness month of October with a bang.

Social Sorority Zeta Tau Alpha will hold their second annual Think Pink Day tomorrow in the center of CMU’s campus from 11am-3pm.

“Think Pink Day is all about raising awareness and getting people on campus involved in the fight against breast cancer”, said Rebecca Fairchild, CMU junior and member of Zeta Tau Alpha.

An estimated 182,460 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in American women in 2008 alone, according to komen.org, the official website of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

During the event, pink ribbons will be distributed and ZTA’s will be encouraging passers-by to participate in games and contests. There will be a yogurt eating contest where participants will eat as many containers of Yoplait yogurt as they can stomach in five minutes. For each pink yogurt lid collected, Yoplait will donate 10 cents to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

A Raffle will be held for a chance to win various prizes donated by local businesses and free food will be given away. A few of CMU’s finest men will be on hand for a “best chest” contest in which ladies can place donations in the container around the neck of the man they think has the best chest.

All raffle revenue and donations will benefit the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation for Breast Cancer Awareness and Education, the group’s national philanthropy.

Although the event’s focus is raising awareness, the ZTA ladies have set a goal to exceed the outstanding amount of funds they raised during last year’s Think Pink Day. “Last year we we’re able to raise over $1,500 in just four hours thanks to the generosity of CMU students and faculty who participated in Think Pink Day”, said Stephanie Faubel, CMU senior and member of Zeta Tau Alpha.

The sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha know why their fundraising efforts receive so much support from the CMU community. “Unfortunately, every single one of us, and every single person we have come in contact with has been personally affected by breast cancer”, said Laura Hamilton, CMU senior and member of Zeta Tau Alpha. “We hope that with the continued success of events like Think Pink Day, the number of people stricken with this disease will continue to shrink until breast cancer is eradicated”, said Hamilton.