St. Patrick School Raises Money for Cancer Research

The St. Patrick School has raised $70,000 for the St. Baldrick Foundation, an organization which funds research into treatments for childhood cancers.

In addition to raising money, 34 students and three fathers from St. Patrick School, located at 45 Chatham St., shaved their heads in support of children battling cancer worldwide.

Those who shaved their heads did so for numerous reasons. According to a release from St. Patrick School, seventh grader student Will Nash shaved his head in honor of his four year old cousin Jesse, who is battling Neuroblastoma and undergoing chemotherapy, while awaiting a life-saving stem cell transplant.

Other students include Josh Fernandez, who is fighting his own long term illness and Christian Rosowicz, who initiated the school’s involvement with the St. Baldrick Foundation after his father battled cancer, school officials said.

In just one year, the St. Patrick School raised more than $125,000 for the St. Baldrick Foundation.