Thursday, March 13, 2008

St. Baldrick's Shaves Heads to Fight Childhood Cancer


St. Baldrick's began as a casual conversation between friends and has exploded into the world's biggest volunteer-driven fund raising program for childhood cancer. In eight years, events have taken place in 18 countries and 46 US states, raising over $34 million, and shaving more than 46,000 heads.

On Monday, March 10, Howard Margolies and his team of volunteers raised over $17,000 at Stout by collecting pledges and shaving their heads.

Some more shavings taking place at NYC bars this month:

Thursday, March 13
St. Baldrick's Benefit Shaving at The Central Bar

Shaving heads to raise money to fight children's cancers
(Make a donation to this event here)
$3 pints of select beers from Guinness and Anheuser-Busch
from 5-10pm
Shaving starts 6pm
at:
The Central Bar
109 E. 9th St. (between 3rd & 4th Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 529-5333
CentralBarNYC.com


Saturday, March 15
Sutton Place
1015 Second Ave. (between 53rd & 54th St.)
New York, NY
6pm - Opening Remarks - St Baldrick's
6:30pm - Brave volunteers face the shears
7pm - Entertainment by "The Hit Squad" (Cover band out of Boston)
7 -9pm - Appetizers and Lite Fare
This is an open event, new shavees are always welcome.


Monday, March 17
Jim Brady's
75 Maiden Lane
New York, NY
1pm - Shavee Registration begins
1:45pm - Welcome (Tim Kenny/Enda McDonnell)
2pm - Message from Parent (Robyn Raphael)
2:15pm - Shaving Begins, featuring Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007

Monday, March 17
The Boathouse at Central Park
4pm: Buffet provided by: The Boathouse, Maz Mezcal, Tony d' Napoli, Green Canolis from the famous Venieros, Beverages donated by HINT
No Charge, Donation Requested
4:30pm: The balding begins
Over 100 shavees are signed up for this event

Saturday, March 29
Four Leaf 15s Rugby Tournament
The Village Lions rugby club will be shaving heads at their 5th Annual Four Leaf 15s Tournament


Some of your fellow MurphGuide readers are participating as individuals, and will shave their heads when they reach their fund raising goals.
If you wish to support their efforts, please visit their donations pages:

Joe Higgins:
stbaldricks.org/participants/shavee_info.html?ParticipantKey=2008-37294

Denis Fahey:
stbaldricks.org/participants/shavee_info.html?ParticipantKey=2008-38723

Links:
StBaldricks.org
The Central Bar
Stout


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