The St. John's University Community to Help Raise Awareness for Childhood Cancer with St. Baldrick's and Locks of Love Event, March 15

The St. John’s University community will join together with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation and Locks of Love to raise awareness for the fight against childhood cancer on Thursday, March 15 on both the Staten Island and Queens campuses. At both events, volunteers will be shaving their heads or donating their hair to make wigs for individuals battling cancer.

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation founder John Bender and St. John’s alum ‘87CBA, is expected to attend the Queens campus event and DiRosa Haircrafters of Franklin Square, NY and Deluxe Barbers of Jamaica, NY will, for the third time, be on hand to offer their time and talent to those participating in the event.

On Staten Island,St. John’s alumna Denise Arango-Schiera, who owns and manages Great Clips Hair Salons, will be donating her business’ services to make over those volunteers who will be cutting off approximately ten inches of their hair for Locks of Love or those shaving their heads for St. Baldrick’s. 

This year’s St. Baldrick’s event will see several of the University’s Athletics coaches, faculty members, administrators and students going   bald in solidarity with those who suffer with cancer and is expected to be bigger and better than last year’s with nearly $14,000 being raised by this year’s participants already.

WHAT:

   St. Baldrick’s Foundation Fundraiser and Locks of Love at St. John’s University.

WHEN:     Thursday, March 15

                  1:30 p.m.

WHERE:    St. John’s University, Staten Island Campus

                  Da Silva Academic Center

                  300 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301

                  St. John’s University, Queens Campus

                  D’Angelo Center

                  8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439

All participants are asked to raise money for childhood cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation prior to the event by visiting www.stbaldricks.org and registering at St. John’s University, Staten Island or Queens campus.

For Locks of Love, participants should register with Melissa Gibilaro at gibilarm@stjohns.edu or (718) 390-4497 for the Staten Island event or with Angela Seegel at seegela@stjohns.edu or (718) 990-2680 for the Queens campus event.

For media inquiries, please contact Dominic Scianna, Assistant Vice President for Media Relations at St. John’s by calling (718) 990-6185 or by email to sciannad@stjohns.edu.