Release courtesy of Brad Monstiere, Hillsdale College Sports Information Director

HILLSDALE, Mich. - Much of the Hillsdale College community is planning to chip in with the basketball teams' participation in the 2011 WBCA Pink Zone Week, scheduled for the Chargers' home games vs. Ohio Dominican and Tiffin this week.

The Pink Zone is a nationwide initiative that was started by the  Women's Basketball Coaches Association to help raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research. Pink Zone events are scheduled during the month of February and involve college basketball teams at all levels throughout the country. Hillsdale College is joining in this year's battle with several events, both on and off campus.

The college's Student Athlete Advisory Committee is planning several events around this year's Pink Zone theme. Members of the organization will be bagging groceries at Hillsdale's Kroger food store from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 to start this week's series of events.

Pink Zone T-shirts will be on sale at both of Hillsdale's home games this week, throughout the duration of each doubleheader. In addition, a 50/50 raffle drawing will take place during Thursday's games vs. Ohio Dominican, and Saturday, a separate raffle will be held where fans can win apparel donated by other Hillsdale College athletic teams.

Three-point shooting contests are also scheduled at halftime of the upcoming home games, where fans can pay $1 for a shot, and if they make the shot, they can win $2.

Click on the link below for the GLIAC Pink Zone webpage, to see what other schools in the conference are doing as part of this nationwide effort.