The 2nd Miyagi St. Baldrick's event took place on March 20th, 2010 at Club Shaft.  Miyagi is proud to be the first location for the event in Japan.  For a week leading up to the event volunteers passed out flyers and collected donations along Ichibancho street in Sendai.  The volunteers attracted lots of attention and got the word out on the street.  A passing stranger even donated 10,000 yen to one of the boxes.  As a result of the publicity the event was very well attended.

Over 150 people came on event night!  And it attracted people from many different walks of life.  The attendees included ALTs, members of the CCAJ (Childhood Cancer Association of Japan), musicians, artists, cancer survivors, media and local people hoping to support the cause. The best thing was that everybody came together for a common cause and had a great time.

The music at the show was amazing and it certainly contributed to the good vibrations.  The event featured Irish music, Scottish bagpipes, Japanese folk, Japanese rock, South American folk and Japanese Reggae.  Seriously, everybody was grooving.

The event had a great group of shavees as well, eleven in all.  The ALT male shavees were: Austin Gardiner, Daniel Jones, Fong Xiong, Mayibuye Magwaza, Mitch Lippencott, Mat Smith and Matt Sime.  The lone ALT female shavee was Moloko Molepo.  The Japanese male shavees were: Tomokazu Sugawara and Mr. Taku.  The lone female Japanese shavee was Yuko Sato.  Two people even shaved their beards: Tristan Graham and Mike Jones.  With all the music, dancing, donations and shaving the event had a carnival like atmosphere.

When the dust settled the event raised 300,000yen for childhood cancer research/support here in Japan.   A significant increase from last year's total.  We could not have done this without the support of dedicated volunteers, event supporters and event sponsors like MAJET.  You have our thanks.  Planning for the 2011 Miyagi St. Baldrick's event is already under way.  We hope to see you there!  Feel free to contact us at: [email protected]

http://www.stbaldricks.org/

http://www.ccaj-found.or.jp/english/

MIYAGI ST. BALDRICK'S KIDS' CANCER CHARITY EVENT

DATE: Saturday, March 20, 2010
LOCATION: CLUB SHAFT, SENDAI
TIME: 6-9pm
PRICE: NOMI OPTION...3,000yen includes cover charge, 2-hour nomihodai, and a 750yen donation to St. Baldrick's.
For those not doing nomihodai, the price is 1500yen, which includes cover charge and a 500yen donation to St. Baldrick's.
NON-NOMI OPTION...the price is 1500yen, which includes cover charge and a 500yen donation to St. Baldrick's.
ENTERTAINMENT: JAPANESE REGGAE BAND (The Panaman's), ALT BAND (The Dirty Bubble) and BREAK DANCERS/ RAPPER.


Volunteers NEEDED!

Shavees Wanted
If you are interested in shaving your head and collecting donations of support from your family, friends and coworkers then please register for our event. The Miyagi St. Baldrick's shaving extravaganza (featuring live music, break dancing, a nomihodai, a non-nomi option, shaving and a 'make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside' Charity event) will be held on March 20th, 2010. This happens to fall on a long weekend right after we get paid...so, BOOM, we all win. The event is going to be held at Club Shaft in Sendai. The money we raise will go to help children right here in Japan (Children's Cancer Association of Japan). When you shave your head for St. Baldrick's you:
a) raise money for kids with cancer
b) get a free haircut
c) join a sexy party.

If you want to be a shavee please contact Miyagi St. Baldrick's at: [email protected]
or register online here:
https://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/participantinfoform/eventid/1762/eventyear/2010

Once you contact us we will tell you what to do next. Of course you can also volunteer to be shaved at the event but if you register early you will be able to raise more money for kids with cancer. One word of caution, we strongly recommend that you consult with your schools before shaving.

General Volunteers/ Supporters
We also need people to volunteer their time at the event, to attend the party and to sponsor shavees. If you want to volunteer at the event please contact us at [email protected]. We also ask that you consider contributing by having a great time at the shaving event/party! There will be music and there will be partying. Last, but not least, please consider sponsoring a shavee and/or donating at the event. Last year we raised over 2,000 USD. Together we can top that figure.

What is St. Baldrick's?
It is a non-profit organization that helps fund childhood cancer research. Volunteers hold shaving events to help the St. Baldrick's organization in this endeavor.
http://www.stbaldricks.org/

What is the CCAJ?
It is a non-profit organization based in Japan that helps fund childhood cancer research and gives finacial support/assistance to children (and their families) that have cancer.
http://www.ccaj-found.or.jp/english/

Once again, March 20th, 2010...Miyagi St. Baldrick's.
Please mark the date in your calenders and join in the fun.