St. Baldrick's head shaving events for childhood cancer research kick off this Saturday, March 2!
The Keaton Raphael Memorial presents the 11th Annual St. Baldrick's Foundation head shaving celebrations, designed to raise funds to support childhood cancer research by recruiting "Heroes" to shave their heads in front of thousands live in return for pledges of financial support from friends and family members. This year's celebrations are scheduled to take place in Roseville, Sacramento and Davis.
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.
• 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.
• Only 4 percent of all federal cancer research funding is dedicated to pediatric cancer research.
• St. Baldrick's Foundation volunteers, supporters and donors are needed to continue the battle against this devastating disease.
As one of the top five St. Baldrick's campaigns nationwide, The Keaton Raphael Memorial events brought in over $889,000 during the 2012 shave extravaganza's and shaved almost 1,000 heads with a total of over 4 million dollars raised since KRM's first event in 2003. All proceeds go to childhood cancer research and could not be raised without the support of the community sponsors and volunteers coming together to help shave away childhood cancer!
When:
Saturday, March 2nd, at Westfield Galleria in Roseville, from 12p.m.-4p.m.
Monday, March 11th, at deVere's Irish Pub in Sacramento, from 4p.m.-8p.m.
Wednesday, March 13th, at deVere's Irish Pub in Davis, from 5p.m.-8p.m.
Chris Riva from KCRA and Adrienne Bankert, returning from Dallas, will emcee for the March 2nd event. Thousands of people will cheer on those getting shaved. Star Wars characters will make an appearance on March 2. Families of childhood cancer victims will also share stories.The de Vere's Irish March 11 and 13 shaves will take place outdoors with lots of action and crowd involvement. Supercuts generously supplies all stylists for all events.
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Blog Post information and picture courtesy of the Keaton Raphael Memorial.
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