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East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach FL - February 3 through February 9, 2011 •Year II •Number 033
BALD IS BEAUTIFUL
By Pedro Heizer BOCA RATON - The average teenager today is viewed in public as the type of person that only cares about their own well-being. They are too caught up in their high school world, their high school drama, what their Facebook or Twitter status says, or what is the latest iPhone and when it’s coming out. But for students at Olympic Heights High School, that did not look to be the Credit: Photos by Orlando Greenwald
case on January 27. Students took a break from the “me” and thought about the “we” - at least for one day. Olympic Heights held their seventh annual St. Baldrick’s celebration to raise money for children’s cancer research by having their hair shaved off. “People say that kids aren’t concerned about their community. That’s a lie. I can think of 1,200 kids that would say otherwise” said Olympic Heights principal Frank
Rodriguez. The 1,200 kids Principal Rodriguez talked about are the kids inside his packed school gymnasium. St. Baldrick’s is an organization whose volunteers shave their heads in solidarity with kids fighting cancer - and family and friends give generously. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation uses the donations to fund more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except Continued on page 16
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