March 30, 2010
Following Saturday night's victory, 10 Bears buzzed their head to raise money for cancer research and Bryan Helmer's former Albany River Rats teammate, Jeff Christian, whose 8 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with rare adrenal cancer. The players who participated were Boyd Kane, Alexandre Giroux, Jay Beagle, Sean Collins, Andrew Gordon, Andrew Joudrey, Bryan Helmer, Grant McNeill, Karl Alzner, and Patrick McNeill.
Bears fans raised more than $4,100 in under two hours and many stuck around following the game to witness the head shaving. Raffle tickets were sold during the game and 10 lucky winners were randomly selected to be handed the clippers to shave a Bears head.
Proceeds from the event will be divided between cancer research at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and the Christian family.
A big thank you to all fans who participated in this event.
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