The Naperville Police and Fire Departments will be hosts to the 15th annual St. Baldrick’s Event in Naperville Saturday, March 23. The signature head-shaving event to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to raising money for children’s cancer research, will be held at the Chicago Naperville Marriott, 1801 N. Naper Boulevard, starting at 5 p.m. During the Naperville Public Safety St. Baldrick’s event, more than 40 individuals will brave the shave in solidarity with kids with cancer and raise money to “Conquer Childhood Cancers!” through raffles and a silent auction.
Doors will open at 5 p.m., followed by the opening ceremony at 6 p.m. led by the Naperville Fire Department’s Honor Guard and Pipes and Drums, assisted by the Naperville Fire Explorers, Naperville Police Explorers and the Lockport Township High School Junior Air Force ROTC. Emcee Andy Hampton will lead a program of remembrance and a celebration of survivorship before the shaving fun will start at 7 p.m..
Why all the shaved heads? Worldwide a child is diagnosed with cancer every three minutes, and one in five children diagnosed in the U.S. will not survive.
Additional information can be found at www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/21/2019.
—City government of Naperville