Pirates team up with Vs. Cancer Foundation
ECU’s Pirates Vs. Cancer volunteers (Photos by Dean Shore)
On May 8, ECU partnered with the Vs. Cancer Foundation to raise money for the fight against childhood cancer. Pirates Vs. Cancer encouraged students, faculty and staff to raise money and awareness to help children who are battling cancer in eastern North Carolina and throughout the country.
During the Pirates Vs. Cancer event at ECU’s Lake Laupus, fourteen men shaved their heads, five women donated at least eight inches of their hair to be made into wigs and at least ten others volunteered.
Trevor Hunt, ECU Brody School of Medicine M.D. Candidate.
“We want to help kids who are battling deadly cancers right here in our community while also fighting to beat cancer on a national scale through research in treatments and cures,” said Trevor Hunt, first-year medical student at ECU and event organizer. “Many kids battling cancer lose their hair involuntarily, but the rest of us have a choice. We are choosing to go bald to stand beside them in this fight.”
Originally the group had hoped to raise $5,000 to be split evenly between the James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at Vidant and the national pediatric oncology research effort. As of May 15, they had exceeded their expectations and raised $7,185 with an updated goal of $7,500!
To learn more about Pirates Vs. Cancer or to donate to this amazing cause, click here.