"Dig Pink" night at Cougar volleyball game with Otero on Friday

The Western Nebraska Community College volleyball match on Friday will have a pink cast to it when the No. 1 Cougars face Otero Junior College at 7 p.m. Spectators are urged to wear pink in honor of breast cancer awareness.

The evening is being billed as “Dig Pink” in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month. There will be plenty of events during the evening, including raffles that will go to the Dig Pink foundation for breast cancer awareness.

Also, $1 of each admission ticket will go to the Dig Pink organization. There will also be educational flyers about breast cancer as well as give-aways. Both teams will also be wearing pink socks donated by Scottsbluff Screenprinting.

Amy Winters, who was an assistant coach with the volleyball team last year, is a cancer survivor and organized the evening filled with information and fun.

Many individuals and business helped contribute to the Dig Pink evening. Business who donated items for the raffle: Scottsbluff Screenprinting, Embarq, Runza, Star Herald, Platte Valley Companies, Prime Cut, Hinn's Home Furnishings, Taco Bell, Team Chevrolet, Target, Mike's Husker Stuff, Blossom Shop, Fullen School of Hair Design, Diva Stop, Cappuccino & Company, Compliments, Christian Photography, Music & More, Eric Vath Clothier, The Tenderbox, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Debbie Paschke Kristin Maag, pampered chef consultant, J3 Enterprises, Volunteers & Friends of Regional West Medical Center, Lilly Oncology, Public Alliance for Community Energy, Festival of Hope.

Other organizations, businesses and individuals that helped to make this evening a success include: Genentech, Lilly Oncology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lilly Oncology, Deb Carpentar Nolting, Becci Nuland, Kelsey Kriewald, Vicki Bjorling, Ali Jay, WNCC Nursing Students, WNCC Student Government, Jennifer Araujo, Grace Hendrickson, Andy Hunzecker, Rita Stinner & The Collegiate Chorale, Hometown Family Radio, KNEB, KDUH-TV, KSID, KCOW, KCMI, WNCC, Otero Junior College, Giovana Melo & the Lady Cougars, and Melissa Anderson & the Lady Rattlers.