Record number of volunteers go bald to support childhood cancer research
NORWICH – A record 57 area residents “Braved the Shave” on Saturday in Norwich to raise money for childhood cancer research at a St. Baldrick’s Foundation signature head-shaving event. Of the 57 shavees, 20 were females and 11 were children.
The event, one of the largest annual fundraisers in Chenango County, was held at the American Legion in Norwich.
“Right now we have collected over $28,500 and we know that we have additional funds coming in which are not reflected yet in that total,” said A. Wesley Jones, Volunteer Event Organizer for Norwich St. Baldrick’s. “At minimum this will be our second largest event in our 12 year history.”
The largest event in Norwich was in 2010, which raised $31,449.
“We won’t know for a couple of more months, but we believe we have a real shot at this being our biggest year donations, in addition to shavees,” said Jones.
The 57 shavees at the event does not include an impromptu head-shaving at NYCM Insurance just three days earlier in which 11 employees – including three females - shaved their heads and raised over $1,600 for St. Baldrick’s.
About St. Baldrick’s Foundation: As the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation believes that kids are special and deserve to be treated that way. St. Baldrick’s funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts in the world and to innovative explorers who bring with them the promise of a future free from childhood cancers. Kids need treatments as unique as they are – and that starts with funding research just for them. Join us at StBaldricks.org to help support the best cancer treatments for kids.
Every 3 minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer; one in five won’t survive, and those who do often suffer long-term effects from treatments too harsh for their developing bodies. Kids are special, and at St. Baldrick’s we treat them that way. From its beginnings, St. Baldrick’s has believed that kids deserve the chance to be kids – fun-loving, carefree, refreshingly honest, and always a little goofy – and deserve the chance at a future. That’s why donations raised at events like this have made it possible for St. Baldrick’s to fund more than $178 million to support the development of childhood cancer treatments that are as unique as every kid.
The event, one of the largest annual fundraisers in Chenango County, was held at the American Legion in Norwich.
“Right now we have collected over $28,500 and we know that we have additional funds coming in which are not reflected yet in that total,” said A. Wesley Jones, Volunteer Event Organizer for Norwich St. Baldrick’s. “At minimum this will be our second largest event in our 12 year history.”
The largest event in Norwich was in 2010, which raised $31,449.
“We won’t know for a couple of more months, but we believe we have a real shot at this being our biggest year donations, in addition to shavees,” said Jones.
The 57 shavees at the event does not include an impromptu head-shaving at NYCM Insurance just three days earlier in which 11 employees – including three females - shaved their heads and raised over $1,600 for St. Baldrick’s.
About St. Baldrick’s Foundation: As the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation believes that kids are special and deserve to be treated that way. St. Baldrick’s funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts in the world and to innovative explorers who bring with them the promise of a future free from childhood cancers. Kids need treatments as unique as they are – and that starts with funding research just for them. Join us at StBaldricks.org to help support the best cancer treatments for kids.
Every 3 minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer; one in five won’t survive, and those who do often suffer long-term effects from treatments too harsh for their developing bodies. Kids are special, and at St. Baldrick’s we treat them that way. From its beginnings, St. Baldrick’s has believed that kids deserve the chance to be kids – fun-loving, carefree, refreshingly honest, and always a little goofy – and deserve the chance at a future. That’s why donations raised at events like this have made it possible for St. Baldrick’s to fund more than $178 million to support the development of childhood cancer treatments that are as unique as every kid.
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