Organizers are hoping to raise $100,000 in the 2021 edition of event that's cumulatively brought in more than $1 million for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
May 27, 2021
Ottawa resident Chris Hofley kicked off the Victoria Day long weekend by promising to shave his head all-the-way bald if the greater community could raise $1,000 in support of youth mental health services at CHEO.
He hadn t had a haircut for many months and was dealing with a shaggy moptop. It just had to go, he felt. All of it.
By Monday, he was hairless but happy after witnessing his campaign grow faster than grey roots between dye jobs. To date, his personal campaign has raised more than $86,000 for kids in need of help from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
On Saturday morning, Stevens was surprised to see The Rock’s response: “IronHell sounds and looks like paradise to me!” he wrote. “Time to get after it Marcie!”
“It was unexpected,” she admitted in a virtual appearance on Monday on Move 100.3’s (formerly known as Majic100) morning radio show with hosts Stuntman Stu Schwartz, Angie Poirier and Janel Steeper. “I just did it for the fun of it.
“You should have seen me in the morning when I got the tweet. It was sunny and I was dancing around the kitchen because I was making breakfast for the kids and the family, and then I showed it to my husband and he looked at me and he says ‘I hate you right now.’