February 20, 2019
VU Play4Kay t-shirts feature student’s design
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VINCENNES, Ind. - Dart Abney loves producing designs and he
eagerly accepted the opportunity to create a t-shirt for a worthy cause.
The Vincennes University Athletic Department is participating
for the seventh year in the Play4Kay Initiative and raising funds to
support women’s cancer research. Donations will go to the Kay Yow
Cancer Fund. Kay Yow was a former North Carolina State women’s
basketball coach, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 and
passed in 2009.
Most people have a personal link to cancer and Abney, an
occupational graphic design major, is no different. That is one of the
reasons why the Walton, Indiana, native readily agreed to design VU’s
Play4Kay t-shirts.
“It’s something I feel connected to and a lot of people feel
connected to,” Abney said. “I’ve had a lot of family members who have
had cancer. I had a band director who had cancer pass away during my
time in high school. My grandmother passed away from cancer. Both of
my grandfathers have been fighting cancer or are still fighting cancer.”
The Play4Kay t-shirts he designed are black with bold pink
lettering, a pink basketball, and the Kay Yow Cancer Fund slogan “Give Strength.”
“I wanted a design that would catch the eye with a meaning
behind it that would push it even further,” Abney said. “I really like
their slogan, ‘Give Strength,’ because I connect with it. That’s what
people need. They need the strength. They need the hope.”
All gate proceeds from tonight’s Play4Kay basketball games will
go to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The women’s game against Mineral Area
College begins at 5 p.m. The men’s game between the Trailblazers and
Lewis and Clark starts at 7 p.m.
There are several ways to support VU’s Play4Kay fundraising
efforts, t-shirts are for sale in the VU Athletic Office in the lower
level of the P.E. Complex and Old Post Bookstore. Donation pledge
cards are also available in the VU Athletic Office. Donations are
accepted online using a link at www.govutrailblazers.com
that takes uses to the VU Foundation Athletics donation page and VU
Athletic Department Cancer (Play4Kay) Project. A silent auction is
also taking place tonight and Feb. 23 in the P.E. Complex.
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