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5 Ways to Work Your Bald Head

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
March 31, 2023

The cape comes off, the broom comes out and there’s a chill around your dome that wasn’t there a few minutes ago. You’re bald … now what?

Continue fundraising to #ConquerKidsCancer, that’s what!

Here are 5 easy ways you can work your bald head to raise funds for lifesaving childhood cancer research:

(Pssst…your participant page link stays active until the end of the year!)

man getting his head shaved

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Events and Fundraisers

Donate Your Hair in 5 Easy Steps

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
March 19, 2023

Thinking about donating your hair? We can help!

Woman holding a ponytail of hair at a St. Baldrick's event

We know a thing or two about hair.

At St. Baldrick’s head-shaving events, shavees℠ raise money for childhood cancer research by pledging to shave their heads in support of cancer patients, who often lose their hair during treatment.

Should you shave your head for kids with cancer? Take this quiz and find out >

We don’t collect hair donations, but volunteers are welcome to shave their heads at St. Baldrick’s events and donate their hair to another organization. It’s a great way to help two charities at once, and you can do it all in five easy steps!

Not ready to rock a bald head? You can still donate your hair AND help find cures for kids with cancer with a Do What You Want fundraiser.

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Fundraising Tips

Keep Your Fundraising Fresh With 3 Tips From a Top Team Captain

by Erinn Jessop, St. Baldrick's Foundation
March 8, 2023

You’ve shaved every year for the past few years and have the nagging feeling that your fundraising is getting stale. Your bald head just isn’t bringing in the dollars that it used to. What can you do?

Meet Eugene, St. Baldrick’s shavee and team captain. He has 3 tips to energize your fundraising …

Team captain Eugene shaves for St. Baldrick's

Longtime participant and team captain, Eugene, shaves during the 2017 Heroes for Hannah St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event in the Cayman Islands. Photograph by Deep Blue Images

1) ‘I Challenge You … ‘

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Do What You Want

6 Ways Your Business Can Conquer Kids’ Cancer

by Robyn Raphael, Director of Corporate Relations
February 28, 2023

Every two minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer. That means 25,000 kids around the world will hear the words “you have cancer” this month alone.

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But there’s hope. Did you know that the St. Baldrick’s Foundation is the largest charity funder of childhood cancer research grants in the world?

We are inviting you to join us. Your corporation can help fund lifesaving research, wherever it takes place, so kids can lead long and healthy lives.

Here are 5 easy ways your business can Conquer Kids’ Cancer.

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Events and Fundraisers

8 Fundraising Tips From a 12-Time Shavee

by Karen Jahn Palmieri
February 22, 2023

As a cancer survivor, Karen knows that having cancer is a terrifying experience for an adult. She doesn’t want kids to go through what she did — that’s why she’s shaved eight times and raised thousands of dollars for kids’ cancer research! But how does she raise the big bucks year after year? Read on for 8 tips from the veteran shavee℠ herself …

Karen after her shave

A mom and cancer survivor, Karen has shaved for St. Baldrick’s for 12 years.

*This blog was originally shared in 2018, but everything still holds true and Karen still continues to be a rock star shavee! 

1. Make it easy for people to donate: When I send out emails, I always include the link to my St. Baldrick’s participant page. I also make fliers and mail out over 200 of them — and every single one includes a self-addressed, stamped envelope, so no one has to look for an envelope and stamp to send a check back to me.

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Head-Shaving

5 Reasons to Start a Head-Shaving Event [VIDEO]

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
January 20, 2023

Do you like bringing people together? Do you want to make a difference for kids with cancer? We do, too! Join St. Baldrick’s and throw the ultimate party for good — a head-shaving event. Read on for five reasons to organize your own amazing event this year.

Woman shaving head for cancer at St. Baldrick's event

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Events and Fundraisers

7 Things That Will Happen at Your St. Baldrick’s Event

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
January 13, 2023

So many awesome things happen at St. Baldrick’s events that it was tough to whittle the list down to seven. But here they are! Read on for the seven stupendous things that will happen at your St. Baldrick’s event.

Man getting his head shaved

1. You will make an impact

St. Baldrick’s volunteers are changing the world for kids with cancer. With $325 million going to research in 31 countries, we’re making a big impact on childhood cancer research — and it’s all thanks to you. Keep up the great work!

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Head-Shaving

Volunteer Spotlight: Richard Kligler

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
August 31, 2021

St. Baldrick’s volunteers tend to be remarkable folks. But even among tens of thousands of outstanding people who are quite literally saving lives by supporting childhood cancer research, Richard Kligler and his family stand out.

Richard Kligler poses with a Buddha statue at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong

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Head-Shaving

Fathers & Sons, Teaming up to Give Kids a Lifetime

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
June 18, 2021

Fathers and sons have played a big role in the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, many creating their own legacy by shaving and fundraising together. Others have just begun a tradition that may last for decades.

Father-son duos; James and Dave, Samuel and Clifton, Dylan and JimFrom left to right: James and Dave, Samuel and Clifton, Dylan and Jim

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Head-Shaving

To Honor Her Husband’s Legacy, Jeni is Shaving Her Head

by St. Baldrick's Foundation
March 18, 2021

Jeni Donahue made an extraordinary decision to honor her late husband – to shave her head in his place. Keith Smith was a St. Baldrick’s shavee for eight years, personally raising more than $12,700 for childhood cancer research as a member of the Superheroes in Kilts team. In 2020, he even shaved while battling cancer, himself.

Jeni and Keith seated for formal dinner

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