St. Baldrick Event Raises $26,123 to Fight Childhood Cancer

Jill Jones Grotnes (right), a member of “Team Rebecca - Fight Like a Girl,” shaved her head in honor of Rebecca S. of Boscawen, age 9, who is fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Rebecca inspired Jill to shave and to fundraise a total of $2,369 (so far), making Jill the current top participant for the 2015 St. Baldrick’s event at Proctor Academy. Jill is shown here with her son Ollie, who decided that he, too, would be a shavee. Great work, Jill. You are an inspiration! Photo and caption: Meghan Barton — Jill Jones Grotnes (right), a member of “Team Rebecca – Fight Like a Girl,” shaved her head in honor of Rebecca S. of Boscawen, age 9, who is fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Rebecca inspired Jill to shave and to fundraise a total of $2,369 (so far), making Jill the current top participant for the 2015 St. Baldrick’s event at Proctor Academy. Jill is shown here with her son Ollie, who decided that he, too, would be a shavee. Great work, Jill. You are an inspiration! Photo and caption: Meghan Barton

The St. Baldrick’s event hosted at Proctor Academy on March 28 had great success again in 2015. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-powered charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.

Two Proctor faculty members, Chris Young and Alan McIntyre, worked together with many students and a slew of volunteers to raise a total of $26,123 by close to 60 “shavees” in an effort to fight childhood cancer.

During the event, a top team award (the Brave To Shave Award) was given to last year’s top fundraising team, the Andover Fire Department. The award, a leather fire helmet with the St. Baldrick’s logo on the front, was donated by Garrison Fire and Safety from Palenville, New York.

The top team from this year will receive another prize at next year’s event. So far, the standings of the top four teams are as follows:

Andover Fire and EMS: $5,740
Bald Eagles: $5,015
Team Rebecca – Fight Like a Girl: $3,384
Lake Sunapee Bank Beauties: $3,043

You can still donate online to a team, individual, or to the event until the end of the year. Just go to StBaldricks.org/events/proctoracademy2015 and search for your favorite team or individual.

Over the past two years, this popular community event has raised $56,395 to help fund childhood cancer research, and we hope that we can raise more each and every year.