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OLD WESTBURY, NY (www.oldwestburypanthers.com) –   The SUNY College at Old Westbury baseball team and the Maritime Privateers will join forces in an effort to raise awareness for prostate cancer on Sunday, April 10th when the Panthers host Skyline Conference rival Maritime at Jackie Robinson Athletic Complex for the inaugural Prostate Cancer Awareness Day.

Panthers and Privateers will be sporting baby blue wrist bands for the game, to raise public awareness for one of the most important men's health issues today. Fans are encouraged to join the Panthers and Privateers at 9:30 a.m. for a Prostate Cancer Awareness Walk around the bases of the Jackie Robinson Athletic Complex. The goal is to take six trips around the bases. According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, one in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer within his lifetime, making it the most common non-skin cancer in America. The number of new prostate cancer cases has more than tripled in the past decade with more than 192,000 men diagnosed each year.

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men, and is just as common in men as breast cancer is in women. The baseball program is dedicating the game with their Skyline Conference rival to raise awareness to help educate people about this issue.

The primary purpose of this event and other sports-related promotional events are to raise awareness among men about the important facts surrounding prostate cancer. Founded in 1993 to find better treatments and a cure for recurrent prostate cancer, the Prostate Cancer Foundation has funded more than 1,500 programs at nearly 200 research centers in 20 countries around the world. The PCF pursues its mission by reaching out to individuals, corporations and others to harness society's resources - financial and human - to fight this deadly disease.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation has two main sports programs, according to Brad Sondecker, Manager of Sports Programs for the Prostate Cancer Foundation located in Santa Monica, CA. The two programs are the Home Run Challenge with Major League Baseball and Arnie's Army Battles Prostate Cancer with the PGA/Champions Tour.

For more information on the Prostate Cancer Foundation go to: www.prostatecancerfoundation.org.
First-pitch between the Privateers and Panthers is scheduled for Noon.

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