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Arcadia Weekly Dec 17, 2019
Each year, thousands of volunteers worldwide organize fundraisers, such as the signature head-shaving events to raise money to support life-saving childhood cancer research. - Courtesy photo / Facebook, @StBaldricksFoundation
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Each year, thousands of volunteers worldwide organize fundraisers, such as the signature head-shaving events to raise money to support life-saving childhood cancer research. – Courtesy photo / Facebook, @StBaldricksFoundation
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. The foundation will visit the Arcadia Community Coordinating Council (ACCC) on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 from 11:30 a.m. – 11:15 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd inside Jordan Meeting Hall (400 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia).
St. Baldrick’s funds the most promising cancer research just for kids. It is the top private funder of childhood cancer research grants in the U.S. and around the world. Each year, thousands of volunteers worldwide organize fundraisers, such as the signature head-shaving events to raise money to support life-saving childhood cancer research. St. Baldrick’s events are the largest volunteer-powered fundraising opportunity benefiting pediatric cancer research.
Since 2005, St. Baldrick’s has awarded more than $282 million to support lifesaving research, making the St. Baldrick’s Foundation the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants. St. Baldrick’s funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts in the world — including the first Pediatric Cancer Dream Team — and to younger professionals who will be the experts of tomorrow. Funds awarded also enable hundreds of local institutions to participate in national pediatric cancer clinical trials, and the new International Scholar grants train researchers working in developing countries.
Of every dollar raised, 72% funds research to find a cure, 24% goes to fundraising (website, phones, postage, printing, t-shirts, office space, staff, etc.) and 4% goes to administration (accounting, distributing and monitoring grants, etc.). St. Baldrick’s takes its responsibility to be efficient and good stewards of every dollar donated very seriously, and strives to put the most funding possible into the hands of researchers who can cure childhood cancers.
For reservations contact ACCC President Robin Graney at arcadiacommunitycouncil@gmail.com. A $15 fee includes lunch if you RSVP by Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. You can also pay $20 at the door.
