On Saturday, September 7 Kids Cancer Care hosted our first
annual Shave
Your Lid for a Kid!® community shave event at the Trico Centre for Family Wellness. 23
brave individuals rose to the challenge of shaving or cutting and donating
their hair, in support of youth and families affected by cancer. This brave
move not only raised essential funds for Kids Cancer Care but showed moral
support for those who lose their hair during cancer treatments.
Four ladies generously donated their hair at the event, which
will go to Angel Hair for a Kids; a foundation that provides wigs to kids at no
cost, right here in Canada. Diane V. was so inspired by the event that she
decided, on the spot, to cut and donate her hair. She even spent an hour
walking around the Trico Centre requesting donations and raised $170—Go Diane!
The event was filled with excitement as Tyler Hall from 98-5
VIRGIN Radio got his head shaved by 13 year old cancer survivor Johann— watch
the video
here! Some honorable mentions from the event are James D. making a special
commute from Edmonton to participate in this event, Western Direct Insurance
and its employees donating close to $3000 and to the 10 month-year-old baby who
broke a shave record by being the youngest shavee! Even Mayor Nenshi made an appearance
at the event to thank event participants for their support.
A special thank you to our shaving experts Rick, Renee,
Trish and Jessie from Tommy Gun’s Original Barbershop, who volunteered their
services to help shave heads. Click here
to learn more their famous hot shave and new location in Deerfoot Meadows!
Kids Cancer Care would also like to extend a thank you to
Trico Homes who provided volunteers to help out on event day as well as eight
shavees! Thank you to our promotional partners 98-5 VIRGIN Radio and the Calgary Sun for helping us share our
message. Last but not least, thank you Trico
Centre for Family Wellness for providing us with the wonderful space to
host our event.
Because of the amazing support of our event participants,
donors and sponsors, we were able to raise close to $20,000; $5,000 over our
goal! The money raised from this event will go towards Kids Cancer Care’s four
programming areas — cancer research, hospital support programs, camp and
community programs and scholarships.
Click
here to see photos from event day!
Click
here to learn more about the community shave event participants or to donate
and help us break $20,000!
