Though orange pumpkins are common in October as Halloween approaches, pink ribbons are proudly worn nationwide to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

With more than 220,000 American women diagnosed each year, one in eight women will be told they have breast cancer during the course of their lifetimes.

“I pray for the women, and rarely, the men, that have breast cancer,” senior Brittany Watson said.

The official Breast Cancer Awareness “Pink Out” week at school from Oct. 6-10 ended with a football win of 56-14 against Lake Ridge High School, who also had a spirit week.

“We used the Spirit Days to encourage the whole school to participate in the cause in a fun and enjoyable way,” DASH Committee Head Naa Bruce said.

Thursday and Friday weren’t the only dress up days. The others days included: Oct. 6, “Give Cancer the Boot” when students wore their boots. For Tuesday, it was “Make Cancer See Double” also known as Twin Day and last, but not least, was “Help Make Cancer a Thing of the Past” on Wednesday with 80s Dress.

“The least we could do is show our support by dressing up on Breast Cancer Spirit Days,” junior Brittany Mark said.

The color also showed up at the Junior Varsity football game.

“Some players wore pink to encourage Breast Cancer Awareness,” junior Nigel Hilton said. “It was decided (on) by the players.”

T-shirts were sold for $10 to students, teachers and staff from both schools and the profits were donated to a BCA (Breast Cancer Awareness) organization.

“The fundraiser was a great way for the students to participate in something bigger than themselves and make a difference for the greater good,” Bruce said.

The shirts were worn for the last dress up day on Thursday and then during the Friday night football game.

“We raised $1000 by selling t-shirts in less than 3 days,” Bruce said, “It was an amazing thing for Timberview.”

For those who didn’t buy a shirt, anything pink was acceptable. Streamers lined the seats, girls wore pink tutus with ribbons in their hair and even boys wore what little pink and maybe red cloth that they had.

Junior Matthew Garza said, “I dressed up to support a loved one that has breast cancer.”