KENOSHA, Wis. - Parkside Athletics is set to host a teddy bear toss on Feb. 1 during the men's basketball halftime to help bring awareness and help impact children battling cancer in partnership with Advocate Aurora Health. 

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On Feb. 1, both the women's and men's basketball teams will face Grand Valley State, a GLIAC rival, at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. respectively. Fans are encouraged to bring a new or lightly used teddy bear to donate by throwing it onto the court at halftime of the men's game.

The teddy bears will then be collected and donated to Advocate Aurora Health, a corporate partner of Parkside Athletics, to be used in their Pediatric Department.

Fans are welcome to write positive notes to attach to the bears to comfort or inspire the children that will receive them, which will be provided by Parkside Athletics.

Next weekend also marks Pink Weekend for the Rangers as they will play Davenport on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday is Young Professionals Night presented by KABA. To register, click here. Pink t-shirts will be sold at both events. 

Feb. 1 also marks Parkside's National Girls and Women in Sports Day, an observance promoting the importance and recognizing the success and potential of girls and women who participate in sports. NGWSD is nationally recognized on Feb. 5 and this year marks the 34th Annual celebration that inspires girls and women to play and be active, to realize their full power. For more information on NGWSD, please visit https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/get-involved/ngwsd/. 

To find out more information about any of the promotional events taking place at Parkside for the weekend of Jan. 30 through Feb. 1, please reach out to Robyn Elliott at elliottr@uwp.edu.