WVII, WABI Cover St. Baldrick’s Head-Shaving Event at UMaine
WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 4th annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation head-shaving event at the University of Maine. Dozens of volunteers had their heads shaved in the the Steam Plant Lot during Maine Day to raise funds for and awareness of childhood cancer. UMaine sophomore Melissa Thompson told WABI she chose to shave her head after a six-year-old she knows was diagnosed with leukemia. “We’re just one big, huge Black Bear family,” she said about the university’s charity efforts.