Here in the pink shirts they sold for breast cancer awareness, Tennessee Wesleyan College Men's and Women's lacrosse programs raised money during the month of September. They raised the money by selling the pink t-shirts that said TWC Lacrosse on the front, with the back having the pink ribbon and the word BELIEVE. They will be giving the money raised to "Susan G Komen for the Cure" which is an organization involved in breast cancer research. The lacrosse teams will be selling t-shirts again in February as well as hosting a walk for a cure.

           Susan G Komen for the Cure began with Nancy G. Brinker promising her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill there promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.

            An estimated 178,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to occur among women in the U.S. in 2007. An estimated 40,460 women will die. In addition to invasive breast cancer, 62,030 new cases of in situ breast cancer were expected to occur among women in 2007.  An estimated 2,030 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and an estimated 450 will die in 2007.  Breast cancer is the leading cancer among American women and second only to lung cancer in cancer deaths. More than two million women currently living in the U.S. have been diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer in women in the United States.