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June 16, 2015St Peters crushes goal for First Shave
It was an action-filled Friday afternoon in Upper Island Cove as St. Peter’s Elementary held their very first Shave for the Brave event on June 5, 2015! St. Peter’s set a goal of $2,000 for their first Shave for the Brave, and totally crushed it, raising $5,800!
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March 27, 2015Survivor aims to raise $1 for each new YA diagnosis with Shave
Chris Chow stopped cutting his hair back in August. He doesn’t like it, and thinks of it as a “hideous, massive” clump of hair on his head, but it’s part of the fourth stage of a type of remission recognition plan that sees him undertake a large philanthropic or personal venture each year.
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March 02, 2015Shining a spotlight on the uber engaged
Since 2006, March has been taken over by Shave for the Brave here at YACC. While it’s our largest fundraiser, it’s by no means the only way people help out, so this month we’re going to shine the spotlight on some of the superstars in our community who take the time to help their cancer peers.
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March 04, 2014
Becky's blog: How I lost my hair in senior year and stayed sane
Somewhere around the cusp of that first and second month of treatment, the rest of hair came off, and I was finally sporting the look I’d been so afraid to see.
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March 01, 2014
Becky is one brave Shaver
While we hate to see JP go, it’s a little bit easier when we have a great message like this one from Becky!
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January 07, 2013Survivor Aideen braves her third Shave!
Aideen Smith has seen the full impact of the Shave for the Brave. She is a colon cancer and familial adenomatous polyposis survivor, a member of YACC’s community, and a Shaver who signed up for the 2013 Shave for the Brave as soon as the event was launched.
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December 05, 2012
The Bravest School Challenge has been issued in Nova Scotia!
Millwood High School was Nova Scotia’s first school to join the Shave for the Brave and they finished the 2012 season with 15 heads Shaved and almost $1,600 raised.
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July 09, 2012
2012 recap
You are welcome to Shave for the Brave any time you like, but the impending fiscal year end and the decrease of activity means the 2012 Shave season has officially wrapped.
It has been a fantastic year with more heads Shaved (over 1,839), more money raised (more than $700,000!), and more schools and offices on board than every before. We met so many great new people and heard so many great stories over the past six months, and we can’t wait to continue building these relationships.
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May 08, 2012
BMW/MINI in St. John’s got in on the action!
The BMW/MINI dealership in St. John’s held their first-ever Shave for the Brave on April 23, 2012.
A total of 10 Shavers raised $2,420 to support young adults dealing with cancer in Canada
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May 04, 2012
As if Firefighters weren’t heroes already!
The St. John’s Regional Fire Department Central Fire Station has been Shaving for the Brave for years. This year, they decided to skip the line up at the Avalon Mall and held their event at their station on April 28, 2012.
They had 12 Shavers and two Mane Mamas at the event who raised $2,592, including a $1,000 donation from the Fire Fighters Association.
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May 03, 2012St. Anne’s in Conne River Shaved for the Brave
St. Anne’s School in Conne River, NL held their first Shave for the Brave on April 20, 2012.
Twenty-two Shavers raised $5,639.25! Way to go!
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April 30, 2012
The Skiffington Shave
Thea Skiffington hadn’t cut her hair in a long time. She wanted to Shave for the Brave, and gave up double the required length of 10 inches per donation for 22-inch braids. At the end of the day, her 22 inches earned a remarkable $4,500!
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