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Come Support Program Coordinators Our Event Ada Dellay is a 7th grade humanities and leadership teacher at Friday, May 13th Cascade Park Middle School. She is the lead event organizer and 3:30pm—6:30pm raised over $1500 just for her team last year. She was also amongst the many participants who volunteered to brave the shave at lastThe Quarry Senior Living year’s event! 415 SE 177th Ave Kirk Samuelson is a technology teacher at Cascade Park Middle School. After Grant passed, Kirk wanted to do something within the Vancouver, WA 98683 school to raise money for St. Baldrick’s Foundation. After a fateful 360-944-6000 appointment with his doctor, Dave Griffen, the St. Baldrick’s Event began to expand at Cascade Park Middle School. Event Sponsors: Dr. Dave Griffen has been raising money for St. Baldrick’s Foundation for years. When Kirk mentioned the idea to him, Dave CASCADE MIDDLE volunteered to help. With his vast knowledge of St. Baldrick’s events, he has been a crucial resource in the planning of the event. SCHOOL The Quarry and Glenwood Place are the hosts of this event. Behind the scenes, these two communities assist in the planning, organizing, and fundraising for the event.
Get Involved! What is St. Baldrick’s? Donate The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer- driven charity committed to funding research to Your tax-deductible find cures for childhood cancers. donation can be made at: www.stbaldricks.org/events The Facts /cascadeatthequarry More children are lost to cancer in the U.S. Form a Team than any other disease—in fact, more than many other childhood diseases combined. Join with friends and coworkers to compete Before they turn 20, about 1 in 285 childrenagainst other teams from our event. in the U.S. will have cancer.Register your team at the website above! Worldwide, a child is diagnosed every 3 minutes. Shave Your Head How St. Baldrick’s Helps (Or Don’t) Since 2000, St. Baldrick's Foundation St. Baldrick’s claim-to- volunteers have organized nearly 4,200 fame is their fundraising head-shaving events and shaved over 190,500strategy: raise money by agreeing to heads, raising over $118 million for life-savingshave your head. However, you don’t childhood cancer research.have to face the razor to support thecause. Fundraise however you’d like!
How We Got Involved The First EventIn December of 2013, Cascade Middle Debbie Packer from Cecil’s Barber Shop shaves the Milestone CEO Paul Dendy raised over $5000 School lost a classmate to childhood head of Alex, a Cascade Middle School student Mayor Tim Leavitt thanks the communitycancer. Grant Jensen was a 7th grader,and would have graduated from 8th gradein the spring of 2015. Mourning and eagerto help in any way they could, Grant’sclassmates and teachers decided to honorGrant and other classmates who havepassed away by raising money forSt. Baldrick’s Foundation.W hen two local retirement communities, The Quarry andGlenwood Place got involved, thefundraising efforts gained a venue andnew fundraising partners.JGernasnetn Local Musician and American Idol Contestant Daniel Seavey with a crowd of Cascade Middle School fans
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