Norwich’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation Celebrates Record Breaking Year
Published: March 18th, 2019
By: Zachary Meseck

Norwich’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation celebrates record breaking year Approximately 30 individuals, including Andrea Spicer, pictured above, volunteered to have their heads shaved at the Norwich St. Baldrick's on Saturday.

Frank Speziale

NORWICH – Norwich’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation held its 15th annual event and celebrated another record breaking fundraising year Saturday after raising over $35,000 towards childhood cancer research.

The event was held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at the American Legion in Norwich, and approximately 30 individuals volunteered to have their heads shaved as part of the event.

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According to event officials, the 2019 event broke last year’s record fundraising of $33,575. Officials said the “shavees,” volunteered to raise money and get their heads shaved to stand in solidarity with children who have cancer, and of the approximately 30 shavees, ten were women, and several others were young adults.

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