WHAT:
Dr. Thomas Gross, Chief of Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, to Have Head, Beard Shaved at St. Baldrick’s Event Saturday
WHEN:
Saturday, March 13, 2010
2:30 p.m. – media opportunity – scheduled ‘shave time’ for Dr. Gross
WHERE:
Fado Irish Pub at Easton
4022 Townsfair Way
Columbus, OH 43219
(614) 418-0066
*Note: Allow time for potential heavy traffic and parking
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Thomas Gross, MD, chief of Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, presented a challenge to his staff – raise $10,000 for this year’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation event, and I’ll shave my head and beard at the March 13 celebration. To some, this may not seem like a big deal. But, to the employees and patients of a man who has had a full-grown beard and head of hair since the mid 80’s, it is.
Sarah Starner, 19, of Logan, Ohio, will make the first ceremonial clips on Dr. Gross. Designated barbers will finish up the job she starts. Starner, a freshman at Denison University, is a patient of Dr. Gross’ at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She was diagnosed with leukemia in 2003, and since then has undergone two bone marrow transplants.
Starner is one of 160,000 heroic children who are diagnosed with cancer each year. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research. Participants at the event find that shaving their head in solidarity with these children is a small sacrifice in comparison to what they and their families endure.
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CONTACT PRIOR TO EVENT:
Mary Ellen Peacock
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Marketing and Public Relations
(614) 355-0495
CONTACT AT EVENT:
Micah Skeens
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant
(614) 940-8137