City Council Member, City Employees Raise More Than $8,000 by Shaving Heads, Cutting Hair for Cancer Awareness; Proceeds Donated to National Childhood Cancer Foundation.News Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.032003/bb3 BELLFLOWER, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2003 Fourteen brave employees from the City of Bellflower, a suburb located in southeast Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County (pop. 75,000), recently demonstrated their support for a co-worker to raise money for cancer research. Pam Welty, a 35-year-old Administrative Assistant with the City of Bellflower, is fighting to win the battle against ovarian cancer ovarian cancer Malignant tumour of the ovaries. Risk factors include early age of first menstruation (before age 12), late onset of menopause (after age 52), absence of pregnancy, presence of specific genetic mutations, use of fertility drugs, and personal history of breast . As a show of support to help Pam through her treatment, and with her full participation, several City employees and a ranking Council member on March 19 completely shaved their heads, and three employees trimmed 10" off their hair, to increase awareness about cancer and raise money for cancer organizations. The result: more than $8,000 generated for cancer research. City Council member Randy Bomgaars, and employees Andrew Ho, Mario Suarez, Jack Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , Dan Chayra, Brad Norman, Jason Clarke, Rick Vanderweite, David Fawcett David Fawcett (born 23 October 1963 in Narrabri, New South Wales) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the House of Representatives as member for the Division of Wakefield, South Australia for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election. , Ron Catone, Hue Quach and Mark Rounds collected pledges of $5, $10 or $25 to shave their heads as a show of support to Pam, who is undergoing chemotherapy treatments, and to raise money for cancer research. Just for You, a Bellflower hair salon A hair salon (also called 'Hairdresser' and 'Hair Parlour')is a place where one goes to get their hair cut, as well as styled, highlighted or coloured. There are many different types of hair salons that one can choose to go to. , conducted the shaves as a donation. In addition, employees Herlinda Chico, Rowena Genilo and Lindsey Quon cut 10 inches off their hair to donate to Locks of Love, which makes wigs for cancer patients. Raffle tickets were sold for $3 and the winning ticket holders won the ceremonial honor of cutting the 10" braided braid·ed adj. 1. a. Produced by or as if by braiding. b. Having braids. 2. Decorated with braid. 3. locks of City employees. All proceeds were donated to St. Baldrick's to benefit the National Childhood Cancer Foundation. Pledges came from individuals, businesses and service clubs from throughout the region. The goal to raise $5,000 was eclipsed when the final tally of $8,364 was announced. Representatives from the National Childhood Cancer Foundation accepted the pledges at the end of the one-hour ceremony. Johnny Rebs' Southern Roadhouse road·house n. An inn, restaurant, or nightclub located on a road outside a town or city. roadhouse Noun a pub or restaurant at the side of a road Noun 1. catered the event as a donation. "Before" and "After" photos of all participants, along with brief bios, are available for download at www.bellflower.org. Story assistance available by calling Jeff Hobbs, Public Affairs Manager at 562/804-1424 ext. 2278. Note: A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.032003/bb3 |
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