On Thursday night, baseball
players, coaches and others at North Forsyth High School contributed to the
fight against childhood cancer by getting buzz cuts at home plate.
Members of the team made the commitment to have their hair cut as part of their efforts to raise money for the Vs. Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization “dedicated to saving kids’ lives by empowering athletes and communities to fund life-saving childhood cancer efforts.”
Several cancer survivors participated in the event. Bonnie Claire Shelton sang the national anthem. Jackson Hemley of North Forsyth and Savion Littlejohn of Reagan High School each threw a ceremonial first pitch. Jackson is a 5-year-old who had liver cancer.
Before graduating in 2003, his father, Josh, played baseball for North Forsyth. Littlejohn is a Reagan football player who was diagnosed with a more of Non-Hodgin Lymphoma. As of Thursday, students had raised $4,461 for Vs. Cancer Foundation.
Three professional barbers – Jamie Rutledge and Rick Converse of Old Town Barber Shop and Dean Shore of Wake Forest Barber Shop – were on hand as volunteers to do the honors.
Members of the team made the commitment to have their hair cut as part of their efforts to raise money for the Vs. Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization “dedicated to saving kids’ lives by empowering athletes and communities to fund life-saving childhood cancer efforts.”
Several cancer survivors participated in the event. Bonnie Claire Shelton sang the national anthem. Jackson Hemley of North Forsyth and Savion Littlejohn of Reagan High School each threw a ceremonial first pitch. Jackson is a 5-year-old who had liver cancer.
Before graduating in 2003, his father, Josh, played baseball for North Forsyth. Littlejohn is a Reagan football player who was diagnosed with a more of Non-Hodgin Lymphoma. As of Thursday, students had raised $4,461 for Vs. Cancer Foundation.
Three professional barbers – Jamie Rutledge and Rick Converse of Old Town Barber Shop and Dean Shore of Wake Forest Barber Shop – were on hand as volunteers to do the honors.
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