By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, June 30: The 16th edition of GoBald has raised over RM700,000 from more than 2,700 donors.
Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society (SCCS) in a statement today said as of June 2024, over 300 people in Malaysia have signed up for GoBald 2024, with at least 260 participants throughout Malaysia pledging to shave their heads.
“Since its inception in 2009, GoBald has raised more than RM11 million, with support from over 10,000 participants across Malaysia.
“Organised by the Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society (SCCS), this year’s event was held in conjunction with Cancer Survivors Month.
“In Kuching alone, over RM190,000 was raised, and 204 courageous participants shaved their heads at the main event at AEON Mall Kuching Central and virtually at salons,” SCCS said in a press statement today.
As the signature awareness and fundraising campaign for SCCS, all donations raised from GoBald contribute about 20 to 30 per cent of SCCS’s total expenditure of almost RM2 million every year.
Among the essential support services provided by SCCS are medical and financial aid to families in need; accommodation, food, and transportation for rural families under active treatment at its Kuching Halfway Home; organising counselling sessions and recreational activities; sponsoring medical equipment not provided in government hospitals; and providing care packs and tokens of love to help new patients adapt to life in the ward.
Registration to participate in satellite shaves is still open to businesses, organisations, and corporations wishing to partner with GoBald in raising funds for Sarawak’s childhood cancer community as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Interested organisations may contact SCCS at 082-686276 or email em1@sccs.org.my. — DayakDaily
