Record Staff Report
St. Albert the Great School, 1395 Girard Drive, and Mercy Academy, 5801 Fegenbush Lane, are participants this year in the annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation event to raise funds for childhood cancer research.
St. Albert the Great hosted it’s 16th celebration of the event March 3 on the school’s campus. The school aims to raise $80,000 for cancer research by the end of the year, according to a press release from the school. The March 3 event raised close to $40,000. 75 students, faculty members, parents and supporters either had their hair cut or their head shaved. The hair is donated to Children With Hair Loss — a non-profit group that provides hairpieces to children and young adults living with hair loss related to illnesses.
Since 2003, St. Albert the Great has raised and donated more than $1 million to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The school hit the $1 million mark during it’s participation last year.
Janelle Richardson, director of development at St. Albert, said in the release “It’s really quite amazing and touching to see so many students and their families get involved in St. Baldrick’s. The kids get it and want to help in so many ways because they can relate to other children.”
St. Albert will continue to collect donations throughout the year.
For more information or to make a donation, visit https://www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/124/2018/about.
Mercy Academy, will host a St. Baldrick’s celebration on the school’s campus April 18 at 2 p.m. Thirteen students and teachers plan to have their locks cut or heads shaved. Mercy’s goal is $20,000, $3,405 of which has been raised.
The hair will be donated to Locks of Love, a non-profit that provides hairpieces to disadvantaged children living with hair loss related to a medical condition, according to a press release from the school.
