St Baldrick’s Shaving the Way to Conquer Kid’s Cancer

The first St Baldrick’s Shaving the Way to Conquer Kid’s Cancer event took place in New York in 2000, when three (re)insurance executives turned their traditional St Patrick’s Day into a fundraising event for childhood cancer. They planned to raise money by shaving their heads in solidarity with children suffering from cancer. They challenged 17 of their friends and colleagues to raise $1,000 each for shaving their heads; in total, they raised more than $100,000. The first St Baldrick’s event in Toronto took place at PJ O’Brien’s in 2008. This year about 150 people attended, raising about Cdn$35,000. All the money raised from the event goes to the Childhood Cancer Foundation here in Toronto.