Caldwell Chiefs Shave Heads for St. Baldrick's

On Saturday, March 7, members of the Caldwell Chiefs 11U travel baseball team participated in a St. Baldrick’s Day fundraiser at the Cedar Grove Elks Lodge.

Participants in the event solicit donations from friends and family in exchange for shaving their heads in order to raise funds for kids with cancer. According to a release, the Caldwell Chiefs raised over $1,000 for this year’s event; proceeds will go to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, one of the largest funders of pediatric cancer research in the nation.

The event raised close to $40,000 in total, according to organizers. In the eight years that the Cedar Grove Elks have been hosting this event, they have raised over $250,000, according to a release.

For more information on St. Baldrick’s, visit www.stbaldricks.org

Photo courtesy of John McNish

Photo caption: Back, left to right: Nick McNish, Matt Casale, Nick Bergamotto, Peter Murray, Tommy O’Hern, Ryan Pini. Front, left to right: Michael Scaglione, Gil Prial, Jimmy Rizzo, Clay Prial.

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