Breast cancer awareness games are an excellent way to engage students with this cause. Through games, students can become acquainted with the necessity of seeking regular mammograms, performing self-exams and staying hydrated.
At school sports events, make the cheerleaders wear pink pom-poms. Additionally, have your mascot walk around collecting donations during halftime with a collection box in his hands.
Create a Themed Bulletin Board
An imaginative bulletin board can be an engaging and effective way to welcome students back for another semester and inspire learning. Your theme should reflect something familiar such as an iconic character or topic. At the same time, it should take learning one step further by offering something fresh.
By sharing information throughout October on breast cancer awareness, you can encourage more people to get tested. Display facts on a pink ribbon-themed bulletin board or email them out; host an awareness quiz or contest by placing paper plates tucked with prizes underneath on a breakroom table and inviting staff members to flip them for the chance of winning an additional pink prize if one comes through!
Have a Pink Pom-Pom Day
If your workplace allows it, host an event where employees can purchase pink-themed baked treats at a stand. Spread word through email notifications and noticeboard pinning. Ensure the stand is easily accessible for staff during break and lunch times.
Encourage employees to wear casual pink clothing on Friday for an easy vote to determine who looks prettiest. Contributors can pay a small donation and vote for whomever is their favourite employee wearing pink clothes.
If you own a sports team, encourage them to wear pink uniforms during games to raise awareness and get audiences more excited for the event. At halftime collect donations; this idea works especially well at school events.
Have a Mascot Wear Pink
Encourage mascots at your school or workplace to wear pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Or host a pumpkin carving contest featuring messages related to breast cancer research with donation boxes attached so you can raise money for research.
If your local sports team hosts halftime shows, have the mascot wear an outfit themed towards breast cancer awareness during halftime, even handing out pink pom-poms to attendees!
A 50/50 raffle is an easy and low-cost fundraising idea for any group. Simply ask friends, family and colleagues to purchase tickets for entry in a drawing; the winner receives half the proceeds while half go back into helping your cause.
Collect Donations
Penny drives are an effective way to raise funds for any cause or event, and are ideal for any workplace environment. Donors can deposit their spare change directly into jars at work, or an event can be organized where everyone tries to beat a set target amount.
Take advantage of your supporters’ hobbies to help fund breast cancer research. Asking book clubs, gardening groups or Bunco squads to donate their time and talents in exchange for donations made directly to your fundraiser can make an enormous impactful statement about support of breast cancer research.
Gamers have made considerable donations through video game streaming sites such as Twitch and YouTube, often by hosting charity video game streams or offering their supporters sponsorship while playing their favorite online games through platforms such as Tiltify or Streamlabs.
Have a Pink Ribbon Day
Pink can be seen almost everywhere during Breast Cancer Awareness Month – from food packaging and school uniforms to T-shirts and shopping bags. For breast cancer patients and survivors alike, seeing all this pink may trigger strong emotions; many may find it difficult or uncomfortable discussing their disease with friends and family members.
Designate one person who will be accountable for discussing illness in ways that feel supportive to all parties involved. Focusing too heavily on it may become emotionally exhausting for those afflicted.
Hold a pink-themed fundraiser event such as a BBQ, book club meeting, morning tea gathering or trivia night and charge tickets or collect donations at the door. Or organize a 50/50 raffle where one participant takes home half the prize money while the organizer donates the other half towards breast cancer awareness efforts.