Former Miss Bermuda Shaves Head For Charity
Her hair has always been this former Miss Bermuda’s crowning glory — but she gave it up this week for a worthy cause.
Vancouver-based teacher Joanne Darrell Herbert — Miss Bermuda 1998 — shaved her head earlier this week as a member of an international team participating in the St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraising effort to help combat childhood cancer.
“On Wednesday [Mar. 14] in Vancouver at my school, I had my head shaved for children’s cancer research,” she told Bernews.
“My team is called The Young & The Hairless and is comprised of my colleague Jason Camp, my dear friend Wanda Trott and my sister and team leader Karolyn Darrell-Burgess. Karolyn and Wanda get their heads shaved at the BAA gym in Bermuda today [Mar. 16] while Jason and I did ours on Wednesday in Vancouver at our school.
“One of my students, Soha used scissors to cut my hair and then my husband [Bermudian actor Daren Herbert] meticulously shaved it with clippers. Our team has almost reached our target of $5000. If people would like to donate, they can still donate to Karolyn & Wanda”.
The California-based St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a childhood cancer charity funding the most promising research to help find cures for kids with cancer.
John Bender, president and Chief Operating Officer for Allied World Reinsurance Company, is the current chairman of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The Foundation raises money for childhood cancer research primarily through international head-shaving events.
Volunteers, sponsored by family, friends and employers, shave their heads in solidarity with kids who typically lose their hair during cancer treatment.
Events have taken place in all 50 US states and 28 countries. Since 2000, St. Baldrick’s Foundation volunteers have organised nearly 4,200 head-shaving events and shaved over 190,500 heads, raising over $118 million for life-saving childhood cancer research. Last year the Bermuda event raised over $400,000.
This year’s local participants range from Bermuda Stock Exchange president and CEO Greg Wojciechowski to schoolboy Ellis Cooper who was inspired to take part to help CedarBridge Academy student Nahge O’Brien’s family cover the costs of his ongoing leukemia treatment.
The Bermuda St.Baldrick’s effort hopes to raise $600,000 in 2012.
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Wow I love it…!!!
Now make sure you get a warm hat..!!
Linx
It is extreemly beautiful when people do things like this for charity may God continue to bless them
Beautiful!!
Thank you Joanne for doing this and to all the people who do it for a good cause. I am a 4 year cancer survivor. Seeing small babies and children while I was going through my jouney helped me to to woman up and not feel sorry for myself as I had been in the world and did things. The babies and children need all the attention and care so that they to could anticipate doing lots of everyday things. Bless you all.
You are just as beautiful either way! I can see your whole face even more now without tour hair and you look even more beautiful, more attractive honestly! I like it!
She did such a beautiful act and her beauty still radiates with out her hair! Stunning!
Your selfless act touches my heart! A truly beautiful woman – with and without hair. Bless you!
Well done. Your so selfless. xx
Wow!! Great job Joanne. I watched Karolyn and Wanda have their’s shaved today. What an awesome and courageous decision you’ve all made for such a wonderful cause. You look beautiful just the same.
you all will be blessed!! i am so touched