St. Baldrick’s Foundation event will raise money for lifesaving research…
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to raising money for children’s cancer research, will host one of its signature head-shaving events at Clow Elementary School from 5-8PM on Fri., April 24, 2015, where more than 20 will brave the shave in solidarity with kids with cancer and raise money to Conquer Childhood Cancers!
Clow Elementary School is located at 1301 Springdale Circle.
For more than a decade, St. Baldrick’s supporters have hosted local head shaving events. PN File Photo
Why all the shaved heads? Worldwide a child is diagnosed with cancer every three minutes, and one in five children diagnosed in the U.S. will not survive. With only 4 percent of all federal cancer research funding solely dedicated to pediatric cancer research, St. Baldrick’s Foundation volunteers, supporters and donors are needed to continue the battle against this devastating disease.
Girls will also be cutting their long locks to donation to the organization of their choice that creates wigs for cancer patients. Visions Photography from Schaumburg will be on hand to take and give complimentary photos to everyone who shaves, buzzes or donates their hair and collects donations to commemorate the occasion.
Colored feather hair extensions will be available for $10 as well as concessions with 100 percent of the proceeds going back to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
Raffle tickets will be available for purchase with the chance to win great prizes such as wine baskets, tools, jewelry, makeup, triathlon training, toys, games and more.
This is the first time the event has been hosted at Clow Elementary, but this is the third year the event host Suzanne Flynn has run a St. Baldrick’s shaving event.
“I wanted to bring the event to the school and get the families more involved,” said Flynn in the news release, noting her two sons have been shaving their heads to raise funds for the charity for four years. “It’s an event to help raise money for childhood cancers and I wanted to get more kids involved.”
Did you know? The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. St. Baldrick’s coordinates its signature head-shaving events worldwide where participants collect pledges to shave their heads in solidarity with kids with cancer, raising money to fund research. Since 2005, St. Baldrick’s has awarded more than $154 million to support lifesaving research, making the Foundation the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants. St. Baldrick’s funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts in the world and to younger professionals who will be the experts of tomorrow. Funds awarded also enable hundreds of local institutions to participate in national pediatric cancer clinical trials, and the new International Scholar grants train researchers to work in developing countries.
For more information about the St. Baldrick’s Foundation please call 1.888.899.BALD or visit www.StBaldricks.org.
PN File Photos from St. Baldrick’s events at the Chicago Marriott/Naperville.
