St. Baldrick's on Friday

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Woodstock sophomore Nora Brown gets her head shaved in memory of her friend Hope Fuller, who died in 2010 from pediatric cancer.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Woodstock High School students Hannah Little (left), senior, Nora Brown, sophomore, and Keren Figueroa, sophomore hold hands as they prepare to get their heads shaved in front of the whole school for the St. Baldrick's Foundation on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students and staff members went bald the day after community members shaved their heads for the foundation, raising more than $15,000.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Woodstock High School freshman Jessica Zarate wipes away tears as her hair is chopped to a short length in front of the whole school for the St. Baldrick's Foundation on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students and staff members went bald the day after community members shaved their heads for the foundation, raising more than $15,000.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Woodstock senior Taylor Scheidler holds up her freshly chopped hair at the Woodstock High School St. Baldrick's event held on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students, staff and community members raised more than $15,000 for the foundation.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Woodstock senior Hannah Little holds up a cut-out of Hope Fuller, a friend who passed from pediatric caner in 2010, as the last bits of her hair is shaved from her head at the Woodstock High School St. Baldrick's event held on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students, staff and community members raised more than $15,000 for the foundation.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Participants hold up their locks of hair as they are cut off during the Woodstock High School St. Baldrick's event held on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students, staff and community members raised more than $15,000 for the foundation.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Junior Maitiu Sexton holds up his first-cut lock of hair for the entire school to see at the Woodstock High School St. Baldrick's event held on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students, staff and community members raised more than $15,000 for the foundation.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Long locks of hair were put into a box with pins for the participants who shaved their heads at the St. Baldrick's event in Woodstock on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students and staff members went bald the day after community members shaved their heads for the foundation, raising more than $15,000.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Junior Maitiu Sexton's head is almost completely shaved as the whole school packed into the bleachers to watch the Woodstock High School St. Baldrick's event held on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students, staff and community members raised more than $15,000 for the foundation.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Woodstock High School teacher John Oliveira has the first strip of hair shaved from his head in front of the whole school for the St. Baldrick's Foundation on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students and staff members went bald the day after community members shaved their heads for the foundation, raising more than $15,000.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Woodstock High School teacher Herb Kruse has his hair shaved in front of the whole school for the St. Baldrick's Foundation on Friday, March 15, 2013. Students and staff members went bald the day after community members shaved their heads for the foundation, raising more than $15,000.

Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com Woodstock sophomore Nora Brown gets her head shaved in memory of her friend Hope Fuller, who died in 2010 from pediatric cancer.

Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Lia Glauser, 11, of McHenry feels her head after having her long hair shaved at St. Baldrick's Shave-A-Thon hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Crystal Lake at the McHenry County College on Friday, March 15, 2013. This was the fourth year the Kiwanis club raised money for Childhood Cancer Research by hosting the event.

Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Lia Glauser, 11, of McHenry looks in the mirror while participating in the St. Baldrick's Shave-A-Thon hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Crystal Lake at the McHenry County College on Friday, March 15, 2013. This was the fourth year the Kiwanis club raised money for Childhood Cancer Research by hosting the event.

Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Nik Dzwonkiewicz, 9, of Crystal has his head shaved while participating in St. Baldrick's Shave-A-Thon hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Crystal Lake at the McHenry County College on Friday, March 15, 2013. This was the fourth year the Kiwanis club raised money for Childhood Cancer Research by hosting the event.

Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com The St. Baldrick's Shave-A-Thon hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Crystal Lake was held at the McHenry County College on Friday, March 15, 2013. This was the fourth year the Kiwanis club raised money for Childhood Cancer Research by hosting the event.

Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Keaton Asbach, 10, of Crystal Lake has his head shaved while participating in St. Baldrick's Shave-A-Thon hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Crystal Lake at the McHenry County College on Friday, March 15, 2013. This was the fourth year the Kiwanis club raised money for Childhood Cancer Research by hosting the event.

Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Nik Dzwonkiewicz, 9, of Crystal has his head shaved while participating in St. Baldrick's Shave-A-Thon hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Crystal Lake at the McHenry County College on Friday, March 15, 2013. This was the fourth year the Kiwanis club raised money for Childhood Cancer Research by hosting the event.