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Sanford hosts event to start the St. Baldrick's buzz

Two Sanford pediatricians, Parag Kumar, MD, and Rafael Ocejo, MD, will brave the shave.

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WHAT Sanford Health kicks off St. Baldrick’s activities with shaving event

WHEN 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 8

WHERE Ritterbush Auditorium, fourth floor of UND Center for Family Medicine, 701 E. Rosser Ave., Bismarck

EVENT DETAILS:
Two Sanford pediatricians, Parag Kumar, MD, and Rafael Ocejo, MD, will brave the shave. Joining Drs. Kumar and Ocejo will be Tom Petrik, Sanford Health Foundation vice president of development, and Vanessa Raile, Sanford Health Foundation office coordinator.

Refreshments will be served, and gift bags will be given to children in attendance.

The remaining Sanford St. Baldrick’s Team, Amber’s Baldies, will have their heads shaved at the flagship event at the Missouri Valley Family YMCA, Bismarck, on March 15 at 1:30 p.m. Amber’s Baldies is named for Amber Des Roches, who lost her battle with leukemia in 2007 at the age of 15, and who was the inspiration and drive behind Amber’s Dream, the transformation of the Sanford Children’s Hospital.

Prior to becoming a part of Sanford Health, Medcenter One started its partnership with Basin Electric and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in 2008 to bring awareness to two good causes: delivery of quality of care to young patients and pediatric cancer. Sanford is proud to build on this legacy by increasing its support of St. Baldrick’s.

About St. Baldrick’s Foundation
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven and donor-centered charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. Since 2005, St. Baldrick’s has awarded more than $100 million to support lifesaving research, making the Foundation the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants. St. Baldrick’s funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts in the world and to younger professionals who will be the experts of tomorrow. Funds awarded also enable hundreds of local institutions to participate in national pediatric cancer clinical trials. For more information about the St. Baldrick’s Foundation please call (888) 899-BALD or visit StBaldricks.org.

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