The Canadian Football League will help tackle women’s cancers by playing special “CFL Pink” games the weekend of Oct. 21-22, the league announced today.

The schedule includes the Oct. 21 contest at McMahon Stadium between the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
 
“Our goal is to help women’s cancer agencies raise awareness and reduce the risk to women’s health,” said CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon.

Reebok is providing CFL players with pink gloves, wrist bands and other items. Players will also wear a special decal on their helmets. CFL officials will use pink whistles, and coaches and other team personnel will wear sideline gear adorned with pink. Fans will be able to buy special CFL Pink merchandise at CFL games that weekend and at selected Reebok stores, with a portion of the proceeds earmarked for cancer charities.
 
During the month of October, we encourage CFL fans to visit CFL.ca/PINK to learn about our teams’ initiatives in support of helping tackling women’s cancers. CFL.ca will also feature stories on some of our players whose lives have been affected by women’s cancers and their mission to help raise awareness.

“This cause that is very important to myself and many players in the CFL,” said Stampeders long snapper Randy Chevrier.  “Involvement for me is deeply personal as my mom is a breast cancer survivor and I lost a dear cousin very quickly to cancer.”

Fans will have the opportunity to bid on limited edition Pink items by visiting the CFL Auction page with proceeds going to cancer charities.
 
Here is the rest of the schedule for the weekend:

Friday, Oct. 21 — Edmonton at Toronto
Saturday, Oct. 22 — Montreal at Winnipeg
Saturday, Oct. 22 — BC at Hamilton