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OSWEGO — Despite canceling their annual head-shaving event at the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center for the second straight year, local organizers of the 15th annual St. Baldrick’s Day
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LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Although COVID has seemingly put a hold on everyday life, kids are still being diagnosed with cancer, regardless of the current city and state COVID numbers. As the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research grants, the St. Baldrick s Foundation is working to find better treatment options and cures for kids with cancer and prevent life-saving research from slowing down because of the effects that COVID has had on the country. Due to the pandemic s effect on St. Baldrick s fundraising efforts, donations to St. Baldrick s dropped 35% last year, causing a shortfall of almost $13 million in our grants for childhood cancer research in 2020. Since St. Baldrick s is the largest maker of these grants aside from the U.S. government, that s a big hit, shares Kathleen Ruddy, St. Baldrick s CEO. Childhood cancer did not pause during the pandemic and neither will we. Children are still being di
Shreveport medical students shave their heads in support of childhood cancer research Geaux Bald event (Source: Scott Pace) By Kaitlyn Gibson | March 4, 2021 at 12:15 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 11:00 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Two LSU Health Shreveport students and their partners have shaved their heads to raise money for childhood cancer research.
Ryan and Lauren Mackay, and Caitlin and Michael Meador are good friends that are joining together for a good cause.
All four of them shaved their heads on Friday, March 12, at Geaux Bald 2021 â LSU Health Shreveport, along with other participants, as a way to make money for the St. Baldrickâs Foundation, the largest non-government funder of childhood cancer research grants. While childhood cancer research does receive some government funding, it only covers four percent of the research budget.