Oakland Athletics Breast Cancer Awareness Day

The Oakland Athletics have announced their Breast Cancer Awareness Day, which is at the Oakland Coliseum on Saturday, September 5, 2009, at 6:05pm.

Breast cancer survivors get a free ticket to the game, and can march on the field with other cancer survivors before the game.

Here's their official statement:

The Oakland Athletics are a proud sponsor of the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

The Oakland Athletics are hosting Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday, September 5.

The Oakland Athletics are inviting all breast cancer survivors to attend. Breast cancer survivors receive two free tickets and get to participate in an on-field activity. All participating breast cancer survivor form a pink ribbon the field. In addition, survivors receive a special gift from the Oakland Athletics.

If you know a breast cancer patient or survivor who might like to participate please have them call our hotline at 1-866-457-6669 or you can register online by visiting this website.

If you would like to purchase tickets for the game there is a pdf on the website above that allows you to purchase discounted tickets that also have $5 from each ticket support the Bay Area Making Strides walk.

Due to corporate, team, and player contributions, Breast Cancer Awareness Day generates over $50,000 for the American Cancer Society's work to defeat breast cancer.