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COACHES VS. CANCER
Bald Be Beautiful
At Snohomish High
February 05, 2010
(SNOHOMISH, WA) -- It’s amazing how a small idea can get so big – and then so very, very bald. There’s some serious head shavins’ a comin’ to Snohomish High School. Both teachers and students will soon be sporting that shiny queue ball look, all for a worthy cause.
It all started when WESCO - the north league within District One WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association) that Snohomish High School belongs to - initiated a “coaches vs. cancer” basketball fundraiser, league-wide last month.
Snohomish held its game against Monroe High School on Jan. 15.
To help everyone get into the spirit of the event, Snohomish High Math teacher David Dahlberg agreed to let students shave his head if they could raise $500 in the week leading up to the January 15 game.
He should have put a higher price tag on his dome.
Snohomish High School students had no problem raising the 500 bucks so Dahlberg got a shiny new look at a pep assembly that Friday before the Monroe game.
Sensing there was really something to this bald = money deal, Government teacher Tuck Gionet and nine other SHS teachers all put their golden (and other colored) locks on the chopping block for $500 a head.
And wouldn’t ya know it, students raised a total of $5,000 by the end of January. They really got into the idea of seeing bald go bold in a big, bad way.
Since then Snohomish students and members of the community have exceeded their goal and will donate more than $5,000 to the American Cancer Society.
Donations from Lydig Construction and Scott Krenz from Jostens (Jostens is the company that provides athletic and graduation paraphernalia) put the school over the top.
And so dear readers it has come down to this.
The following teachers are “headed” for baldness. At the Panther period assembly on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 8:28 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. in the main gym the following teachers are gonna get a serious dome wax.
Mr. Gionet
Mr. Ivelia
Mr. Zabel
Mr. Fraser-Bumatay
Mr. Doucette
Mr. Bone
Mr. Roberts
Mr. VerHoeven
Mr. Perry
Mr. Riedeman
Capt. Lennon
Mr. Cunningham
Notice there are more than ten names on the list. That’s because a couple of additional men put their hair on the block when the school exceeded its goal.
AND AS BILLY MAYS USED TO SAY ON TV (AND STILL DOES) BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!
Snohomish High English teacher Melissa Metzger also put her follicles up for bid and because the school reached the larger goal she’ll also be getting that sweet, close-to-the-skin, better-than-buzz cut on Feb 11.
And Metzger is not the only female to come to the table, or should we say electric shears, on this deal?
Snohomish High student Jessica Roberson challenged the SHS Band to raise $500 for her head to be shaved the same day.
No sweat. Band raised the bucks (was there any doubt?) so Jessica will be donating her hair to the Locks of Love Foundation with all the rest of the fine folks.
Bravo! To those who are about to lose their hair, the Sky Valley Chronicle salutes you.
Special thanks to J. Marie Riche, Comm. Dir. Snohomish School District for helping with add’l info for this report.
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