Washington Football Officials - Blue Flags

This weekend, all high school football officials in Washington State will be using blue penalty flags, instead of the ususal yellow ones, to help raise the awareness of prostate cancer.  Our associations are contacting local media and schools with press releases for the media and announcements at games.  (My local association actually had the flags last Friday night, and used them in honor of "Stand up to Cancer" night.  We had many people inquiring what was up and hope that this weekend's activities will put the issue out even more.)  As the contact person of my local association, when I send out this information to local media and schools, I strongly point out, that as a prostate cancer survivor, how important I feel it is to get this information our to the public.

I'll be thinking of all of us when I throw one of those blue penalty flags during my game this Friday night.

Now all we need if for them to throw the flag on the last play again...lol

Friday night games are all over, and the event was worth it.  We had some coverage on Seattle Television Stations, as well as local media.  Below is a link to "High School Gametime" for Western Washington, that has an article about it.  While it was put together rather quickly - the organizer initially couldn't get the flags produced - I feel the whole thing was a success.  Any PR will perhaps get someone else to remember to get that yearly physical, and include a PSA test.

Also, please check out TC-LasVegas' posting about the clinical trial with the University of Arizona.  It's a psychological intervention trial, that could be very useful for participants and their partners.  Lord knows, this beast can really effect your mental health, and getting that on the straight and narrow is sometimes as important as the physical treatment.

Have a great weekend all....

http://www.hsgametime.com/seattle/