COURTLAND – S. Paztic Colón is a man on a mission. A 23-year-old, self-proclaimed ass-man, Colón has organized the first annual “Corn Holing for a Cure” Corn Hole Tournament, which will be held in November at the Southampton Fairgrounds.
| Colón got the idea from October being Breast Cancer Awareness month. “I realize the importance of getting yourself checked, ladies, but I also noticed a disarming disparity in the amount of breast cancer awareness promotion versus the other forms of cancer,” said Colón. “This is my way of bringing other forms of cancer to the forefront.” “You know, it’s obvious why Breast Cancer gets all the publicity,” Colón continued. “No one wants to come out and say it, and it’s a terrible disease and my heart breaks for those diagnosed and the lives lost because of it, but the only reason breast cancer gets all the coverage is the whole “if Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy” adage. For awhile, I tried to go with the flow, selflessly offering ladies a free breast exam, but they don’t want my help. They just want me to shut up and wear a pink hat.” |
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Not to be discouraged, Colón set out to promote other forms of cancer awareness, and settled on a men’s disease, prostate cancer. “I felt like prostate cancer was a deserving pursuit. Let’s be honest, women go to the doctor for some of the dumbest shit, but they go. Men on the other hand, have to be pronounced clinically dead before they’ll step foot in a doctor’s office. So I’m setting up this event so we can get together, have a few drinks, toss a few bean bags, and when you’re feeling pretty froggy, we’ll have a woman in a makeshift tent to put her finger up your poop shoot and her hand around your bean bags screen your prostate. Just people helping people.”
In addition to the corn hole tournament, participants will be given brown ribbons, and brown finger-tipped rubber gloves to help raise awareness. Prostate cancer awareness mascot, Digger, will also be in attendance. Anyone interested in attending the Cornholing for a Cure event should call 1-800-BEANBAG for more information.