Cherryvale High School basketball fans are encouraged to wear pink to the Cherryvale/Neodesha games at Neodesha on Friday, Jan. 30 to salute the 2009 Cancer Awareness Week.

The CHS Lady Charger basketball team has been selling pink T-shirts this week to recognize the nationwide cancer awareness campaign. Sales from the T-shirts will go to the American Cancer Society in memory of Bob Kirby, a longtime Cherryvale resident who lost his battle with cancer on Jan. 9. Two of Bob’s daughters, Roberta Housel and Melissa Niemier, are employees in USD 447. Kirby also is survived by four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren who attend USD 447 schools.

Members of the Cherryvale basketball teams will be wearing the pink T-shirts during the warm-up portion of the Jan. 30 games.

For more information about the T-shirt sales, contact Casi Addis at Cherryvale Middle-High School at (620) 336-8100.