The 2011-12 partnership:

 

1)  Jersey Sponsorship - For the 2011/12 season, WPFC and ATHENA have taken our relationship to a new level. ATHENA is the “official” jersey sponsor for all 34 WPFC teams. Through this agreement, WPFC and ATHENA team up to promote the ATHENA brand and breast cancer awareness throughout the community, while providing a significant benefit to the club.

 

2)  October 2012 “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” - The past two years WPFC GU10-GU18 wore pink ATHENA branded jerseys to raise awareness. This year the game balls used by all club teams in October will be pink.

 

3)   ATHENA College Scholarship – the past two years 11 WPFC athletes, on their way to college, have received a share of $10k. Scholarships will once again be awarded in 2012.

 

4)   Support of Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center - Through this partnership, and in collaboration with local businesses, WPFC has been able to donate over $20k each of the past two years to the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center.

 

Why is this partnership important to our community? The statistics tell the story. Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among U.S. women. More than 1 in 4 cancers in women (about 28%) are breast cancer. In 2011 an estimated 230k new cases of invasive breast cancer and 57k of non-invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed. One in eight women will contract breast cancer in their life time. 

 

This is not only a women’s health issue, about 2k new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in men during 2011. 

 

The positive news is breast cancer can be a highly curable disease if detected and treated early. In 2010, there were more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.

 

Washington Premier is proud to be a partner of ATHENA on the “Road to the Cure”.