You will find a number of students with bald heads travelling Los Gatos Senior High School, a direct result the second annual St. Baldrick's head-shaving fundraiser that has been held April 5. A St. Baldrick's event was held at Fisher Middle School on March 12, increasing more than $20,000 for the national organization dedicated to children's cancer research. That's one reason Los Gatos High elderly Olivia Flechsig became associated with St. Baldrick's. Her sister, Natalie, had osteosarcoma and has been doing remission for four years. Natalie Flechsig finished from LGHS in 2007 and now attends law school at UC-Berkeley. So her friends were mustered by Olivia in the Gold Ribbon Club to become listed on the St. Baldrick's cause. "The club's objective is to raise consciousness about childhood cancer, fundraise for research for solutions for childhood cancer, and support the youngsters and families afflicted with the disease," Olivia said. Along with St. Baldrick's, the Gold Ribbon Club also helps the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Camp Okizu for young ones with cancer and the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative. Since its founding in fall 2011, the club has increased around $27,000. This time around team people lifted $6,798 for St. Baldrick's, with seven students, one instructor and one parent accepting to shave their heads. The "shavees" were all men, incidentally. "We did the hair shaving on the high school's front steps," Olivia said. "We had five offer barbers come out, therefore Olivia said a lot of her classmates came out to look at the celebrations, incorporating that "some were actually touched by it." When Fisher Center School held its St. Baldrick's occasion, members of the Kiwanis-sponsored Builders Club got in on the action by attempting to sell handmade necklaces and lemonade in cups which were donated by Starbucks. The children called it "Luke's Lemon" because the $400 increased from that endeavor should go to Luke O'Moore, who's recovering from cancer. Henry can be the younger brother of a Builders Club member and is just a third grader at Daves Avenue Elementary School.
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