The Blues women’s basketball, volleyball, and hockey teams pulled together for a worthy cause November31st-December 2nd at the first-ever Cheer Blue, Think Pink Weekend. The event raised awareness and funds for breast cancer research. All proceeds from tickets and merchandise went to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation-Ontario region.

CityTV’s Breakfast Television host Jenn Valentyne showed up at the Athletic Centre early Thursday morning to profile Think Pink Weekend.

The weekend kicked off Friday night with the women’s Varsity Blues basketball game against Western. Both the men’s and women’s team, plus the opposing teams, showed their support by donning pink ribbons and t-shirts. Even though Toronto lost against Western (85, 75), spirits remained high.

Saturday afternoon’s volleyball game against York drew a large and lively crowd. The pink-clad Blues won over the Lions 3, 0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-20), securing the team’s lead in the OUA East division.

The hockey game on Sunday night, the final game of the weekend, saw the Varsity Blues fall to Laurier’s Golden Hawks 2-0.  However, the game wasn’t a total loss. A lucky mother from both the Laurier and Toronto teams won the major giveaways of the evening— a limited edition Hbc Caribou Pink Throw donated by the Hudson’s Bay Company, and a custom-made pink hockey stick donated by Just Hockey.

 “The response we received at all three games was wonderful and for their part, the women’s basketball, volleyball and hockey teams provided the spectators with some great OUA action,” says event organizer Mary Beth Challoner. “The whole weekend was an inspiring celebration of what we can do when we all rally together for a good cause.”
For highlight from the Breakfast Television segment, visit Jenn Valentyne’s blog.