500 people go bald to raise money for children with cancer

Sunday July 6 2008
By Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE: About 500 people from all walks of life have volunteered to part with their locks and curls to raise money and awareness for children with cancer.

Going bald is a symbolic gesture of understanding for the ordeal that a cancer patient faces when undergoing treatment.

According to the Children's Cancer Foundation, which organised the Hair For Hope event at Velocity@Novena Square on Sunday, about 120 new cases of childhood cancer are reported each year.