Fair Lawn to Host Breast Cancer Basketball Challenge

will host the fourth annual Breast Cancer Basketball Challenge on Saturday, Jan. 7, to raise breast cancer awareness among female high school athletes throughout North Jersey.

Girls’ varsity basketball teams from 10 North Jersey high schools, including , will compete in this year's Challenge, whose goal is to educate the 300 participating student-athletes about the disease.

Each player will receive a gift bag that includes a Breast Cancer Basketball Challenge t-shirt and a variety of educational items courtesy of the American Cancer Society and Leigh Hurst, a breast cancer survivor and the founder of the Feel Your Boobies Foundation.

Following the day's games, Kim Tanis, a breast cancer survivor and head coach of the Indian Hills High School Girls' Varsity Basketball Team, will speak with each team about her breast cancer diagnosis and battle against the disease.

"This event was developed when I was coaching the girls' varsity basketball team in Park Ridge," Principal Mike Weaver wrote in an email. "While my work in Fair Lawn has made coaching impossible, I am fortunate that Fair Lawn's administrative team...have welcomed the event to Fair Lawn with open arms and provided their full support."

The Fair Lawn Girls' hoops team will play at 2 p.m. against Secaucus.

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The full schedule of Breast Cancer Basketball Challenges games on January 7 are as follows:

11 a.m. - Indian Hills Regional vs. Park Ridge

12:30 p.m. - Pascack Valley Regional vs. Midland Park

2 p.m. - Fair Lawn vs. Secaucus

3:30 p.m. - Ramapo vs. Dumont

5 p.m. - Tenafly vs. New Milford 

The event runs all day and Fair Lawn plays at 2:00pm with reception and speaker to follow.