Family Shaving Heads to Raise Money to Fight Cancer

On most trips to Gillette Stadium you expect to return with your hair doo intact, but a family from Tewksbury will come back home with shaved heads when they join an effort to stop childhood cancer.

The Clark family will take part in Kid’s Cancer Buzz-Off on June 9 at Gillette Stadium to benefit Boston Children's Hospital. Joining the "buzz off" will be New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, according to an announcement about the event.

In 2013, more than 10,000 children will be diagnosed with cancer. The Clarks, including 6-year-old Aaron, have pledged to shave their heads to show solidarity for children that have undergone pediatric cancer-related treatments.

Buzz Off is sponsored by One Mission, a childhood cancer foundation dedicated to enhancing the lives of pediatric cancer patients and their families. The foundation provides help, hope, care and support to children and their families touched by pediatric cancer, according to the announcement. One of the foundation's main goals is to help children and their families cope with the many physical, emotional, and financial challenges.

For more information about Buzz Off, visit http://www.onemission.org/buzzoff/index_preview.html