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scroft School has participated on to raise money that funds childhood cancer. Volunteers to donate money for them to eads. This year, Perry Dubow, g the traditional event as well e in which girls can donate make a wig for an individual rgoing cancer treatment on rday, March 31st at & Scholars Irish Pub ng Forest Rd Suite 106 aleigh, NC 27609
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Caroline Margolis shows her long hair that she will donate to Pantene on March 31st.
ot only will many of the high school boys be shaving their heads, but many girls have agreed to donate 8 inches of their hair to make wigs for cancer patients. Pantene is the sponsor of this idea, and it gives many girls a chance to give back without having to shave their heads completely. There are millions of kids around the world that are affected by cancer, and a major side effect of the treatment is hair loss. Every girl that cuts her hair contributes to making a girl feel special again. Hair is very important to people, especially girls. If we challenege everyone to do their part, whether it’s donating money, shaving their heads, or cutting inches off their hair, then, together, we can make a great difference for childhood cancer.
Photo by Catherine Green
St. Baldrick’s are as follows:
L - $40,000
tal: $19,026
$20,671 $8,620
k’s Supports d All Cancers
Heckman Helps Heckman smiles with her hairdresser after the head shaving event. Photo by Susan Washburn
Before
Photo by Susan Washburn
Heckman Shaves Head for Cancer Last year, Susann Heckmen, Science Instructor, challeneged our school to raise $30,000 dollars. Her propsal was
n awards $50,000 to help with cancer
Baldrick’s Foundation infrastructure grants are critical to finding cures for all childhood cancers. “Advanced stage neuroblastoma is a cancer in desperate need for new therapies. New discoveries made in the laboratory require translation into clinical use,” said Dr. Michael Armstrong, Duke University Medical Center. “Support from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation has allowed us to develop an early phase clinical trial program here at Duke to facilitate entry of promising therapies into treatment for children with neuroblastoma.” The infrastructure grants, combined with the more than $19.6 million awarded in June, bring the St. Baldrick’s Foundation’s funding total to more than $21 million awarded in 2011. Infrastructure grants were awarded based on the philanthropic need of the institution and its patients, anticipated results of the grant and local participation in St. Baldrick’s events
Susann Heckman right before her hairdresser starts to shave her head during a special Morning Meeting last year as other St. Baldrick’s participants show their support behind her on stage.
if the school came together and met this goal, she would shave her head during a Morning Meeting in front of the entire Upper School. The day that she shaved her head, news cameras and kids flooded the theater. Everyone was truly touched by the fact that she was going to selflessly shave her head to raise money for cancer. She was an inspiration to all and helped to motivate other girls to cut their hair.
Mark Laskowski, History Instructor Photo by LifeTouch
If the Ravenscroft Community Raises
Laskowski Leads the Way After??
$50,000
for St. Baldrick’s,
Laskowski will SHAVE HIS HEAD! T h a t ’s r i g h t , his hair will be H I S TO RY ! !
Mark Laskowski’s face with hair Photoshopped away Photo by LifeTouch
Details When: March 31 Where: Saints and Scholars Pub and Tavern Time: 11 am to 5 pm E-mail: Perry Dubow for details pdubow@ravenscroft.org You can donate at www.stbaldricks.org Under the Saints and Scholars Team