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Students raise money for cancer research with Cut for a Cure

March 14, 2012

Head shaves, silent auction and pie-in-the face activities at UBC

Chris Kraft

At last year’s Cut for the Cure event at UBC’s Okanagan campus, UBC employee Chris Kraft sported a new look after Katie Cavanagh from Marvel College shaved his head.

Date: Friday March 16
Time: 10 a.m. to noon,
Location: UBC campus, main courtyard

The Residence Life Staff at UBC — students who offer advice, mentorship and other assistance to the 1,700 out-of-town students who live on the Okanagan campus – are holding a number of events this week to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

For the third year running, the students are staging the Cut for a Cure event, which raises pledges for volunteers to have their heads shaved or styled. Last year’s event attracted 70 participants which raised $13,000. If this year’s $20,000 target is met, two female members of the Residence Life Staff have pledged to shave their heads in support.

There is also a silent auction of items donated by local merchants, pancake breakfasts, pie your residence advisor and dunk tank to round out the events.

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