Oak Bay HighB次元官网网址檚 Cops for Cancer campaign kicked into high gear with the annual head shave.

About twenty students participated, with each teen raising money to get their hair either cut or shaved in front of the packed bleachers in the gym.

B次元官网网址淭he head shave is such an exciting event and I just really wanted to be a part of it. ItB次元官网网址檚 such a good cause too,B次元官网网址� said student Alexandra Lee.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e been growing my hair out for a year now and IB次元官网网址檓 going to cut it for Cops for Cancer,B次元官网网址� said student Tyrus Hall.

B次元官网网址淭he event raised over $20,000,B次元官网网址� said co-campaign leader Annika Weir.

Every year the students await the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team to drop by near the end of the 1,000-kilometre cycle of the Island before revealing their funds raised from all the different Cops for Cancer fundraising events the students host. In 2017 the campaign raised $90, 034 for the cause through fundraisers including car washes, bottle drives and a lunch break filled with head shaves, leg waxing and pies in the face.

Funds raised through Oak Bay High SchoolB次元官网网址檚 Cops for Cancer, Tour de Rock campaign, helps to send children with cancer to Camp Good Times.

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