St. Baldrick’s raises money for cancer research during pandemic
(A 2020 photo) St. Baldrick’s Foundation leaders said this year’s head shaving event in March will as close to the past events as they can make them with restrictions due to the coronavirus. (Submitted photo)
NORWICH – As part of its childhood cancer research fundraiser, members of Norwich’s St. Baldrick’s group have come up with a plan to broadcast their head shaving event virtually in order to keep everyone safe.
According to St. Baldrick’s event Co-organizer A Welsey Jones, while there is a lot going on in the world, St. Baldrick’s and children suffering from cancer still need help. He said at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, Norwich’s branch of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation will host an event where volunteers shave their heads and raise money for a cancer cure.
Jones said worldwide, 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, and in the U.S., more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease, more than AIDS, asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies and diabetes combined.
“Even though we have a lot of other things going on in the world, the fact is every two minutes a child is getting cancer,” said Jones. “Around the country a lot of events have been canceled throughout the year and the foundation has lost millions of dollars.”
“While it's unlikely that we’ll raise several millions dollars, we're going to do everything we can to deliver our goal as we have in past years.”
He said St. Baldrick’s leaders in Norwich have set a goal of raising $30,000, and so far people have donated $11,500.
“Right now we’re ahead of where we were last year around this time, but I know that we also have some money that we would normally get that we won’t see this year,” he added. “Companies would normally do things like host dress down days to help raise money for the cause, but we’re not really seeing that this year unfortunately.”
“There are going to be areas where we have shortfalls, but we do have some shavees that are going above and beyond, so I think we’ll still beat or get very close to our goal.”
Jones said keeping everyone safe is the top priority for the event, so people can support the event virtually over a Zoom call or potentially a Facebook livestream. He said their hope is to make the event as similar as they can to the past events.
He added that anyone who wants to get their head shaved but isn’t able to do it virtually can reach out to (607) 226-1299 for assistance.
“If there is anyone who is interested in participating and is unable to do it virtually we might be able to help,” said Jones. “We don’t want someone to not be able to participate because they don’t have a way to join us.”
Those interested in the St. Baldrick’s event may visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NorwichStBaldricks for additional information.
According to St. Baldrick’s event Co-organizer A Welsey Jones, while there is a lot going on in the world, St. Baldrick’s and children suffering from cancer still need help. He said at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, Norwich’s branch of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation will host an event where volunteers shave their heads and raise money for a cancer cure.
Jones said worldwide, 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, and in the U.S., more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease, more than AIDS, asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies and diabetes combined.
“Even though we have a lot of other things going on in the world, the fact is every two minutes a child is getting cancer,” said Jones. “Around the country a lot of events have been canceled throughout the year and the foundation has lost millions of dollars.”
“While it's unlikely that we’ll raise several millions dollars, we're going to do everything we can to deliver our goal as we have in past years.”
He said St. Baldrick’s leaders in Norwich have set a goal of raising $30,000, and so far people have donated $11,500.
“Right now we’re ahead of where we were last year around this time, but I know that we also have some money that we would normally get that we won’t see this year,” he added. “Companies would normally do things like host dress down days to help raise money for the cause, but we’re not really seeing that this year unfortunately.”
“There are going to be areas where we have shortfalls, but we do have some shavees that are going above and beyond, so I think we’ll still beat or get very close to our goal.”
Jones said keeping everyone safe is the top priority for the event, so people can support the event virtually over a Zoom call or potentially a Facebook livestream. He said their hope is to make the event as similar as they can to the past events.
He added that anyone who wants to get their head shaved but isn’t able to do it virtually can reach out to (607) 226-1299 for assistance.
“If there is anyone who is interested in participating and is unable to do it virtually we might be able to help,” said Jones. “We don’t want someone to not be able to participate because they don’t have a way to join us.”
Those interested in the St. Baldrick’s event may visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NorwichStBaldricks for additional information.
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