SGA Rounds - Summer 2015, Vol 1, Issue 3

On March 15, the Pediatrics Club successfully hosted NSU-COM’s in- augural St. Baldrick’s event, which consisted of students who shaved their heads in order to raise awareness and money for childhood cancer. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long, healthy lives. Since January, the Pediatrics Club had been promoting the event, asking people to fund-raise and form teams centered on those willing to shave their heads. The OPP fellows even graciously agreed to have their heads shaved if the goal of $2,500 was reached by the event date. The Pediatrics Club also partnered with an undergraduate club called Locks for Cause and its For Hair’s Sake event, which involved ponytails being chopped off to benefit Locks of Love. The day of the event, we had more than 30 participants who either shaved their heads or donated their ponytails to our joint cause, all while listening to the entertainment provided by Locks for Cause and enjoying the pizza both organizations had provided for the event. The Pediatrics Club had also invited NSU’s Photography Club to take pictures of the event—as well as before-and-after photos—and to display some of the work they had done for their Photography in Medicine project. Thanks to the unified effort that also involved NSU’s dental and pharmacy programs, more than $8,000 was raised for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation— three times the amount of our original goal. THE PEDIATRICS CLUB SHAVES FOR THE CURE By OMS-II Patricia Camino, Pediatrics Club President STUDENT ORGANIZATION UPDATES