TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Bay Buccaneers players and staff raised $130,000 for the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation's annual Cut for the Cure event by having their hair either shaved off or colored by cancer patients.
“What an event,” said Brian Ford, the team's chief operating officer. “There are a lot of emotions. What we’re trying to bring about is awareness. There are families in there that are fighting it every day and to be called and told that your child has cancer, what do you do? If we could give them a day away and bring them laughter and some smiles, that’s what it’s all about.”
10News photojournalist Angela Clooney talked to one family whose child has leukemia:
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