St Baldrick's Leaves Few Heads Unshaven at Dell Children's Hospital
This past weekend, St. Baldrick's Foundation brought its hair clippers to Dell Children's Hospital in support of the Children's Blood and Cancer Center.
The theme for this year's St. Baldrick's Fair was Leprechaun Fest, and the event was held in the hospital's beautiful Healing Garden.
St. Baldrick's Foundation raises money for research into childhood cancers. Their primary fundraising vehicle is to recruit "shavees," people who show their solidarity with children who lose their hair by having their own hair shaved off – on stage!
When it comes to funding childhood cancer research grants, St. Baldrick's Foundation is second only to the U.S. government. Since 2005, the organization has awarded an astonishing $127 million in research grants, with $25 million of it awarded in 2013 alone.
The Fair included miniature horses, face painting, a dunking booth, lots to eat and drink, information tables, firetrucks, bounce houses and plenty of other things for families to enjoy. And the weather? Perfect.
Not everyone in this world knows how to make an entrance. The Capital City Highlanders pipe band knows how to make an entrance. They were one of three groups entertaining the crowd that afternoon, along with members of Austin's own Tapestry Dance Company and performers from the Irish Dance Center.
But he went the distance, and for a great cause.
All told, this year's Fair raised almost $80,000 and counting. Among the many organizations participating were The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Superhero Kids, the Loving Libbie Memorial Foundation, The Austin Fairy Godmother Boutique, CureSearch, and the Texas Child Study Center.
[All photo credits: Ross Bonander. To see and download many more photos from this event, please visit my smugmug page.]
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This is the eleventh installment in my series on the Children's Blood and Cancer Center at Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas. The prior ten are listed below:
- Introduction: Uncommonly Ordinary
- Part I: Not Your Average Prom
- Part II: Teenage Cancer: One Girl's Story
- Part III: A Food Fight for Life
- Part IV: Clowning Achievement
- Part V: Superhero Kids
- Part VI: Peaceable Kingdom
- Part VII: Survivorship at the CBCC
- Part VIII: WWE's The Shield Visits the CBCC
- Part IX: Austin Film Festival Comes to the CBCC
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