Go Bald for Cancer Services!

Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge has been chosen as a beneficiary of Be Bold, Be Bald! a national awareness and fundraising event for cancer organizations. Too many of us have been touched by cancer and often we search for a way to make a meaningful contribution. Be Bold, Be Bald! enables participants to honor and better understand cancer patients by wearing a bald cap for an entire day (10/21/11). It is not a physical challenge – it is a vanity challenge, and one that many cancer patients do not have a choice about. Participants get people to sponsor them for wearing the cap (just as they would get someone to sponsor them for doing a walk), and they can choose to keep their donations in the Baton Rouge community by selecting Cancer Services as their beneficiary.
You can join our team or start your own with your family, school, organization or business - just be sure to select Cancer Services as your beneficiary! By going bald for a day, you can personally connect with the cancer survivors in your life in a tangible and meaningful way. Plus your participation helps the thousands of people living with cancer in the Baton Rouge area.

When people sign up to participate, they are immediately given access to a variety of online fundraising tools, including a personal fundraising page. They also receive, via email, a complete participation package including a bald cap, -t-shirt and other materials.
Join the Cancer Services Team! Or you can visit the Be Bold, Be Bald! website to join as an individual or start your own team to be bald on October 21st. We'll have events and photo ops going on all day at Cancer Services so if you go bald - be sure to stop by our office and show it off!

Contact Connie at Cancer Services at 225-927-2273 for questions or more information.

Be Bold, Be Bald! is run by Small Army for a Cause, a 501c3 organization founded by Boston Ad Agency, Small Army, in honor of one of its founders who lost his battle to cancer in November 2007. To date, the organization has raised over $250,000. Cancer Services is so thankful to be affiliated with this cause.

"Shave to Save" for Camp Care

When Madison Scullin, a student at Baton Rouge High School, decided to shave her head she not only raised eyebrows, she also raised over $500 for Cancer Services’ Camp Care Program. Her donation, just in time for summer, will provide much needed transportation for the children while at camp.

Years ago when her mother was being treated for cancer, Madison attended Camp Care as part of our KidsKare program, which supports children whose parent or guardian is living with cancer. This year after a friend sparked her memory of what the program meant to her, Madison approached Cancer Services with the idea and before long she was shaving her head at school while family and classmates looked on in amazement.

Camp Care is a week-long summer day camp for children who have cancer and their siblings. The camp provides a safe and supportive environment where kids can laugh, play and forget about cancer for a little while. This year's 16th annual Camp Care will host over 50 children. For more information about Camp Care, visit our website or call 225-927-2273.