Los Angeles Police Officers, Firefighters, their Families and Members of the Community Shave their Heads to Raise Funds to Combat Childhood Cancer NA14038SF

WHAT:    
11th annual St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event to raise funds and awareness for lifesaving childhood cancer research.

At 10:00 a.m., on Saturday, 13-year-old Sarah Cooper, and her mother Los Angeles Police Officer Miriam Cooper will volunteer to have their heads shaved in solidarity with children fighting cancer. To date, Sarah Cooper has raised more than $3,000 for children’s cancer research.

WHEN:  
Saturday, March 15, 2014
7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. (Sarah Cooper and Officer Miriam Cooper will have her heads shaved)
St. Baldrick’s flyer

WHERE:
Los Angeles Fire Station 89
7063 Laurel Canyon Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91605

WHO:     
Actor Jason Winston George of “Grey’s Anatomy”
Actress Angeline-Rose Troy of Lifetime’s original film “Imaginary Friend”
Police Officers and Firefighters from the LAPD and LAFD
 
WHY:           
Worldwide, a child is diagnosed with cancer every three minutes, and one in five children diagnosed in the U.S. will not survive. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven and donor-centered charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research and funding the most promising research initiatives to find cures. As the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, the Foundation hosts signature head-shaving events where volunteers collect pledges and then shave their heads in solidarity with children fighting cancer.

CONTACT: 
For more information, please call LAPD Lt. Greg Doyle at (818) 634-6127, or visit: www.stbaldricks.org/events/lafdlapd. For interviews with 13-year-old Sarah Cooper and her mother, Officer Miriam Cooper, please call Media Relations Section at (213) 486-5910.