Hair days, 17 Mar 2027
St. Baldrick's Day
Head-shaving events for children's cancer research, begun in a Manhattan pub on St Patrick's Day 2000.
St. Baldrick's takes its name from St Patrick's Day and the word bald. The first event was held on 17 March 2000 at a pub in Manhattan, where 19 volunteers had their heads shaved and raised 104,000 dollars for research into childhood cancers. The St. Baldrick's Foundation grew out of it, and shaving events are now held in schools, firehouses, offices and pubs, mostly in the weeks around St Patrick's Day. Shaving the head stands with children who lose their hair during treatment. Some volunteers also give their cut hair to charities that make wigs.
Hairstyles tied to St. Baldrick's Day
Still to be written: Head shaving.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Buzz cut: Fadi El Benni of Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source