(A 2020 photo) St. Baldrick’s Foundation leaders said this year’s head shaving event in March will as close to the past events as they can make them with restrictions due to the coronavirus. (Submitted photo)

NORWICH – As part of its childhood cancer research fundraiser, members of Norwich’s St. Baldrick’s group have come up with a plan to broadcast their head shaving event virtually in order to keep everyone safe.

According to St. Baldrick’s event Co-organizer A Welsey Jones, while there is a lot going on in the world, St. Baldrick’s and children suffering from cancer still need help. He said at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, Norwich’s branch of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation will host an event where volunteers shave their heads and raise money for a cancer cure.

Jones said worldwide, 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, and in the U.S., more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease, more than AIDS, asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies and diabetes combined.

“Even though we have a lot of other things going on in the world, the fact is every two minutes a child is getting cancer,” said Jones. “Around the country a lot of events have been canceled throughout the year and the foundation has lost millions of dollars.”

“While it's unlikely that we’ll raise several millions dollars, we're going to do everything we can to deliver our goal as we have in past years.”