Ua hoʻi ʻo Tough Enough to Wear Pink i kēia pō i ka Thomas & Mack Center ma Las Vegas, Nevada, no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka pō ʻo Tough Enough to Wear Pink ma WNFR. E kāhiko ʻia nā mea pāʻani Rodeo a me nā mea pā i ka ʻulaʻula e like me ka hoʻi ʻana o ka moʻomeheu makahiki no kāna makahiki 17.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Tough Enough to Wear Pink i ka makahiki 2004 e Terry Wheatley, ka wahine a me ka makuahine o nā kahu bipi rodeo ʻoihana kahiko ʻo Jim lāua ʻo Wade Wheatley, a me kahi mea ola maʻi maʻi umauma nona iho a me Karl Stressman, ka luna hoʻomalu o nā hanana kūikawā no Wrangler a me ke Komisina mua o ka Professional Rodeo Ahahui Cowboys (PRCA). ʻO ka manaʻo e hoʻāla i kahi neʻe kaiāulu komohana e kōkua i nā ʻohana e kū nei i ka maʻi maʻi umauma. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka pō ʻo Tough Enough to Wear Pink ma WNFR me nā mea hoʻokūkū a me nā mea pāʻani e hōʻike i ko lākou kākoʻo. Ua paʻa koke ka manaʻo, a ke nīnau nei nā komite rodeo a puni ka ʻāina pehea e hiki ai iā lākou ke lawe i ka hoʻolaha i ko lākou ʻāina hānau.
Hāʻawi ʻo Tough Enough to Wear Pink i ke kākoʻo hoʻolālā, kūʻai aku, hoʻolaha a me nā mea kūʻai aku i nā komite rodeo e hoʻokipa i nā hanana i ko lākou mau kaiāulu. ʻO ke kālā i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e noho ma ke kaiāulu e hāpai i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me nā mammograms, hāʻawi i ka halihali i nā koho lapaʻau, kākoʻo i nā keʻena olakino a me nā haukapila a hāʻawi i ke kōkua i nā ʻohana.
ʻO Terry Wheatley hoʻi ka Pelekikena o Vintage Wine Estates, kahi hui waina nui. ʻO kahi waina āna i hana ai, ʻo Purple Cowboy, hāʻawi hou i 100% o kāna mau waiwai iā Tough Enough to Wear Pink. ʻO Purple Cowboy ka Waiona Kūleʻa o ka ʻAhahui ʻOihana Rodeo Cowboy.
ʻO nā mea kākoʻo lokomaikaʻi ʻē aʻe: Wrangler, Montana Silversmiths, Twisted X, Cinch Jeans a me Las Vegas Events.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻike ʻo Tough Enough to Wear Pink i ka hōʻiliʻili kālā alakaʻi ʻo Tough Enough to Wear Pink. I kēia makahiki, hele ka hanohano rodeo helu ʻekahi – Nā lā o nā bipi TETWP. Ua hoʻonui kēia hui kūpaʻa ma luna o $ 600,000 i noho ma ko lākou kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā mea ʻohi kālā kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻo TETWP o Montana, The Cowboy's for Cancer Research a me Twin Falls TETWP.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Tough Enough to Wear Pink was founded in 2004 by Terry Wheatley, wife and mother of former professional rodeo cowboys Jim and Wade Wheatley, and a breast cancer survivor herself and Karl Stressman, former director of special events for Wrangler and former Commissioner of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).
- The money raised stays in the community to promote early detection and mammograms, provide transportation to medical appointments, support local clinics and hospitals and offer assistance to families.
- Tough Enough to Wear Pink night was launched at the WNFR with competitors and fans alike sporting pink to show their support.