The Little Rock Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae Chapter is hosting its fifth-annual Think Pink Parade to cheer on the patients at CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock on Oct. 19 in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Community members are invited to participate.
“After Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity announced their collaboration with the American Cancer Society, we started thinking of other ways we could show our support for cancer patients and their families in a meaningful way,” Melissa Terry-Perez, alumnae chapter president, said. “It was when one of our sisters familiar with CARTI suggested a parade to cheer on patients while receiving their treatments that we knew we had something special.”
Parade participants will meet in the Arvest Mortgage parking lot located at 801 John Barrow at 10:30 a.m. to decorate vehicles and to line up. At 11 a.m., the parade will head down John Barrow toward CARTI Cancer Center where drivers will begin honking and waving to CARTI patients receiving treatments on the fourth floor. After drivers exit the CARTI parking lot, they will return to the Arvest Mortgage parking lot to remove decorations and depart.
“So many of us have been touched by cancer or are survivors,” Perez said. “So, to come together with our community to support those we love is so important to us, and why we hope others will join us on Oct. 19.”
Participants are encouraged to bring their own decorations, but the Little Rock Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae chapter will have additional decorations available.