Smooth $6,000 collected for Go Bald event

Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Emma Jackson

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Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson shaves the head of Matthew Bates, 10, while his mother and event organizer Kim Sheldrick watches. The event raised more than $6,000 for the Make a Wish Foundation on Feb. 4, more than the event has ever raised since it began four years ago.

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Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson shaves the head of Matthew Bates, 10, while his mother and event organizer Kim Sheldrick watches. The event raised more than $6,000 for the Make a Wish Foundation on Feb. 4, more than the event has ever raised since it began four years ago.

EMC News - Seven kids and two adults were feeling pretty smooth on Feb. 4 as the fourth annual Go Bald for Wishes event in Metcalfe raised more than $6,000 for the local Make a Wish Foundation branch.

Organizer Kim Sheldrick said the event raised more money than ever this year. Her goal was to raise $3,500, which she almost doubled.

Over the past three years, the event raised more than $14,000 collectively. With this year's fundraising the total will surpass $20,000 for the foundation.

Her own two sons, Michael and Matthew Bates, were among the seven kids who had their heads shaved.

Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod and Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson were the day's "celebrity stylists" and helped to shave several participants' heads in the Metcalfe Lion's Den.

The Lions donated the use of the den as well as about $500 towards the event, Sheldrick said.

Make a Wish Foundation grants wishes to children who are suffering from life-threatening or terminal illnesses.

The money raised is given to local children. In years past, several Metcalfe children have gone on trips with their families.

This year a boy in Osgoode will benefit from the fundraising, Sheldrick said.

Sheldrick is still accepting donations towards the event.

For more information about Make a Wish Foundation and the work it does, visit www.makeawish.ca.